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title: How PingID receives the user’s email address
description: When an authentication activity occurs following the pairing of a device, the PingID server receives the user's most up-to-date email address from your organization's identity provider (IdP) and uses it to send the notification email to the user.
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# How PingID receives the user's email address

When an authentication activity occurs following the pairing of a device, the PingID server receives the user's most up-to-date email address from your organization's identity provider (IdP) and uses it to send the notification email to the user.

To define email addresses, configure the script variables or parameters, as shown in the following table.

| Email address source    | Reference                                                                                                                                 | Remarks                                                                    |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RADIUS                  | [PingID RADIUS PCV parameters reference guide](../pingid_integrations/pid_radius_pcv_parameters.html)                                     | In the General Parameters table, see **Multiple Attributes Mapping Rules** |
| PingID API              | [PingID API - AddUser](https://apidocs.pingidentity.com/pingid-api/guide/pingid-api/pid_c_PingIDapiUserManagement/#AddUser)               | See AddUser                                                                |
| AD FS                   | [Configuring advanced settings](../pingid_integrations/pid_configuring_advanced_settings.html)                                            | See **Email Attribute** in step 5.                                         |
| Azure AD                | [Configuring PingID MFA for Microsoft Azure AD Conditional Access](../pingid_integrations/pid_cfg_azure_conditional_access.html)          | See step 3d.                                                               |
| PingID for PingFederate | [Configuring a PingID adapter instance](../pingid_integrations/configuring_a_pid_adapter_instance.html)                                   | See **Email Attribute** in step 5.                                         |
| PingOne SSO stand alone | [Connecting to an identity repository](http://docs.pingidentity.com/pingoneforenterprise/pingone_for_enterprise/p14e_connecting_idp.html) |                                                                            |