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title: Form notification e-mails
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The Forms application allows you to send two types of e-mails automatically when a new record is added:

- [Notification e-mail](#notification-e-mails) - e-mails notifying the person responsible for form data management (content editor, administrator, ...) about the new submitted record.
- [Autoresponder](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/managing-website-content/forms/form-autoresponder-e-mails.md#autoresponder-e-mails) - e-mail to the person who submitted the new record, typically confirming that the record has been received and will be processed.

When a user adds a record on the live site, the e-mails are sent out based on settings described in the respective sections. When you add a record via the administration interface, you can decide whether these e-mails will be sent, as described in [Managing form data](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/managing-website-content/forms/managing-form-data.md).

## Notification e-mails

You can configure the notification e-mails on the **E-mail notification** tab of a form's editing interface:

1. Open the **Forms** application
2. Edit () a form.
3. Switch to the **E-mail notification** tab.
4. Check the **Send form data to e-mail** to enable this feature.
5. Define the settings:
   - **From e-mail -** the e-mail address from which the notifications are sent. A typical option is to use the address of the user who submitted the form. This can be done by entering a macro expression, which retrieves the value from the field in the form where users enter their e-mail address.
   - **To e-mail -** e-mail address where notification e-mails are sent. Typically the address of the person responsible for management of form records. You can specify multiple addresses separated by semicolons.
   - **Subject** - subject of the notification e-mails.
   - **Attach uploaded documents** - enable this option if you want to attach files submitted via the form (if there are any) to the notification e-mails.
   - **Use custom layout**:
     - If disabled, the body of the notification e-mails will contain all field names with the entered values, each on a single line.
     - If enabled, you can define a custom layout for the notifications in the text area displayed below the check-box. Click the **Generate table layout** or adjust the layout by selecting a field from the **Available fields** list box and clicking the **Insert label** or **Insert value** buttons. You can also use macros in the values of these fields. See [Using macros with forms](https://docs.kentico.com/k81/managing-website-content/forms/using-macros-with-forms.md) for details.
6. Click **Save**.