authelia/docs/configuration/notifier/filesystem.md

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layout: default
title: Filesystem
parent: Notifier
grand_parent: Configuration
nav_order: 1
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# Filesystem

With this configuration, the message will be sent to a file. This option should only be used for testing purposes.
This method will use the plain text email template for readability purposes.

## Configuration

```yaml
notifier:
  disable_startup_check: false
  filesystem:
    filename: /config/notification.txt
```

## Options

### filename
<div markdown="1">
type: string
{: .label .label-config .label-purple }
required: yes
{: .label .label-config .label-red }
</div>

The file to add email text to. If it doesn't exist it will be created.