--- title: How to Set Up Monitoring Notifications description: This article helps explain the Notifications tab of the Monitoring dashboard. --- [Skip to content](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/mxtoolbox-notifications#main-content) [Request Support](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/logo.gif.png?width=110&height=27&name=logo.gif.png)](https://mxtoolbox.com/) - [Help Knowledgebase](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/) - [Delivery Center Home](https://delivery.mxtoolbox.com/) - [Monitoring Home](https://mxtoolbox.com/monitoring) - [DMARC Knowledgebase](https://mxtoolbox.com/DMARC/knowledgebase) - [Status Page](https://mxtoolbox.statuspage.io/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Help Knowledgebase](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/) - [Delivery Center Home](https://delivery.mxtoolbox.com/) - [Monitoring Home](https://mxtoolbox.com/monitoring) - [DMARC Knowledgebase](https://mxtoolbox.com/DMARC/knowledgebase) - [Status Page](https://mxtoolbox.statuspage.io/) - [Request Support](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/kb-tickets/new) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [MxToolbox Help Center](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home?hsLang=en) 2. [Notifications](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/notifications?hsLang=en) 3. [Monitoring Notifications](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/notifications?hsLang=en#monitoring-notifications) # How to Set Up Monitoring Notifications ## This article explains how to set up monitoring alerts for blacklist, smtp, and DNS monitors. Notification policies allow you to define how changes in the status of your monitors are communicated to your team. To access your **MxToolbox Monitoring Notifications**, click [here](https://mxtoolbox.com/monitoring/notifications). You can also find it by clicking the **Monitoring** header at the top of the interface, then select **Notifications** on the far left. ![mxtoolbox-monitoring-notifications](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/mxtoolbox-monitoring-notifications.png?width=670&height=79&name=mxtoolbox-monitoring-notifications.png) Your account starts with a "Default" notification policy and will automatically be set to send alerts for all of your monitors to the **account owner via email**. By creating custom policies, you can define advanced notification behavior. To do that, click the orange "Create New Policy" button on the right side of the page. You can also make changes to any current notifications in this section. There are several sections available to help manage your notifications, including: - **Tags** define which monitors will trigger the policy. - The **Email To** and **SMS To** sections allow you to specify who will be notified, as well as the method of how each recipient receives alerts. Note: Before you can add a recipient in theses fields, the email addresses need have been invited to your MxToolbox account. You can [invite new users using our Invite system](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/how-to-add-other-users-to-my-account?hsLang=en). - **Callback** allows you to set up a URL to be notified with a webhook when changes are detected. For more information about how to configure a Callback URL please see the [Callback/Webhook Setup page](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/how-to-setup-a-webhook-notification?hsLang=en). ![monitoring-notifications-new-1](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/monitoring-notifications-new-1.png?width=670&height=400&name=monitoring-notifications-new-1.png) - **Wait** allows you to specify how long a monitor must be down before a notification is generated, and **Repeat** lets you request continuous notifications until the problem is resolved. Both of these are in minutes. - **Ignore Alerts** lets you ignore specific problems that you are not interested in being notified about. Please note that these are NOT global ignore settings. Setting ignore alerts on a notification policy will only ignore those alerts on that policy and they will still be available in other notification policies and for your monitors. - **Send Test Notifications** allows you to send test messages to ensure your notifications are setup properly. This will send a test notification to the Email To / SMS To addresses in the notification policy. ![monitoring-notifications-options-1](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/hs-fs/hubfs/monitoring-notifications-options-1.png?width=670&height=253&name=monitoring-notifications-options-1.png) **Note:** Prior to adding recipients to your notification policies, you must [invite them](https://mxtoolbox.com/monitoring/notifications). Once they have accepted your invitation, you can add those users to any notification policy. To learn more about **MxToolbox Notifications**, read [this article](https://knowledgebase.mxtoolbox.com/home/enable-and-disable-notifications?hsLang=en). 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