> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://formpaste.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email notifications

> Get emailed when a real submission comes in, with a custom subject, sender name, and reply-to.

<Info>**Free** - email notifications on every plan. [Webhook](/docs/features/webhooks) notifications are Pro.</Info>

When a submission passes [spam filtering](/docs/features/spam-filtering), Form
Paste emails it to the form's verified destination address. That's the
default notification channel, and it's on for every form from the moment its
destination is verified.

## Destination verification

The first time a form's destination email is used, Formpaste sends a
6-digit code to that address and holds delivery until it's entered in the
dashboard - see [Your first form](/docs/first-form). This stops a form from being
pointed at an inbox its owner doesn't control.

## Customizing the notification

From a form's Setup tab in the [dashboard](https://app.formpaste.com):

| Setting                | Field                  | What it does                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Notification subject   | `notification_subject` | Custom subject line for the notification email. Leave empty to use the default.                                                   |
| Sender display name    | `sender_name`          | The display name the notification appears to come from. Leave empty to use the default.                                           |
| Reply-to field mapping | `reply_to_field`       | Which submitted field (e.g. `email`) becomes the email's `Reply-To` header, so you can hit reply and answer the visitor directly. |

`notification_subject` and `sender_name` accept up to 200 and 100 characters
respectively; `reply_to_field` must name a non-empty field.

## What triggers a notification

Only submissions that clear spam filtering and land in the **Inbox** trigger
a notification email. Submissions routed to [quarantine](/docs/features/quarantine)
are not emailed - you review those separately in the dashboard.

## Webhooks (Pro)

Email is the only notification channel on Free. Pro adds signed webhook
delivery - a POST to a URL you control on every submission, with retries and
a delivery log. See [Webhooks](/docs/features/webhooks).