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title: Email Template node
description: Generate and send an email to a user, such as a welcome email, based on an email template in IDM.
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# Email Template node

Generate and send an email to a user, such as a welcome email, based on an email template in IDM.

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|   | This functionality requires that you configure AM as part of a [Ping Identity Platform deployment](https://docs.pingidentity.com/platform/8/platform-setup-guide). |

This node uses the email service configured in IDM to send an email. If authentication should pause and wait for a response from email, use the [Email Suspend node](auth-node-email-suspend.html) instead.

## Outcomes

* `Email Sent`

* `Email Not Sent`

According to [OWASP authentication recommendations](https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Authentication_Cheat_Sheet.html#authentication-and-error-messages), the message to the user should be the same in both cases.

## Properties

| Property            | Usage                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Email Template Name | The name of the IDM email template. Check IDM for the names of available email templates, or to create a new template. |
| Email Attribute     | The IDM attribute storing the address to send the email to.                                                            |
| Identity Attribute  | The attribute used to identify the object in IDM.                                                                      |