Email Alerts

Email is the primary alert channel in exit1.dev, available on all plans.

Configuration

Recipients

Add email addresses that should receive alerts. You can add:

• Your account email (added by default)
• Team member email addresses
• Distribution lists or group addresses

Per-Check Overrides

Override the default recipient list for individual checks. This is useful for:

• Routing alerts to the team responsible for a specific service
• Sending critical check alerts to on-call addresses
• Reducing noise by limiting recipients for non-critical checks

Quotas

When you reach a quota limit:

• No more email alerts are sent until the limit resets
• Other alert channels (webhooks, Slack, Discord) continue to work
• A warning is displayed in the dashboard
• Hourly limits reset every hour; monthly limits reset on the 1st

Email Content

Alert emails include:

• Check name and URL
• Status change (e.g., “DOWN” or “RECOVERED”)
• Timestamp of the event
• Response time and status code (if applicable)
• Error details for failed checks
• Direct link to the check in the dashboard

Best Practices

• Add a team distribution list rather than individual emails
• Use per-check overrides to route alerts to responsible teams
• Monitor your quota usage on the dashboard
• Combine email alerts with webhooks for critical services