{"article":{"id":29978843566093,"url":"https://acuityscheduling-1.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-us/articles/29978843566093.json","html_url":"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/en-us/articles/29978843566093-Fix-missing-or-duplicate-internal-email-notifications","author_id":381778317791,"comments_disabled":false,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":0,"vote_sum":-1,"vote_count":1,"upvote_count":0,"downvote_count":1,"section_id":47803105334157,"created_at":"2024-09-05T14:52:43Z","updated_at":"2026-09-24T23:39:41Z","name":"Fix missing or duplicate internal email notifications","title":"Fix missing or duplicate internal email notifications","source_locale":"en-us","locale":"en-us","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-09-22T15:29:56Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":330627,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<h4 class=\"blurb\" id=\"h_01M34TRG10F11ASW1VRNPZR9ZA\">Solve common issues with notification emails sent to you and your staff.</h4><p>Review your notification settings to troubleshoot missing, duplicate, or unexpected emails meant for you or your staff.</p><p><em><strong>Also available:</strong></em> Fix <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/28112361030029\">client email notification errors</a>.</p><h2 id=\"h_01J71AKBE6B1XBKKKDN6E1NYWA\">I received duplicate emails for the same appointment</h2><p>If you’re the account owner and you get two email notifications every time a client books, reschedules, or cancels, you probably have both <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676918220173#h_01M34PXB0STT4FM9CTNN8Y6DE6\">account-wide booking alerts</a> and <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676918220173#h_01M34PXB0VSFMJF6P0PPTGTCTB\">calendar-specific notifications</a> turned on.</p><p>You should keep booking alerts and turn off calendar notifications if you:</p><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e0c308c5478d082d5b45727d6b03982e8\">Are a solo provider with multiple calendars.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e1d50323b44b6485ae73fd3448c81fa78\">Need updates on package, subscription, and gift certificate sales.</li>\n</ul><p>You should keep calendar notifications and turn off booking alerts if you:</p><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e433094a61a790bc242f6e97199bb5383\">Want to receive a copy of your client’s email reminders.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e64f05c87fd2aff88bc75a314c41e9cc7\">Want to receive notifications for only specific calendars.</li>\n</ul><h2 id=\"h_01J71AKBE6DQXGJSV5ZVV3Y2NN\">I turned on Acuity-wide booking alerts or admin alerts, but I’m not receiving them</h2><p>Contributors with administrator-level access can turn booking alerts on and off, but the emails only go to the email address the account owner logs in with.  To fix this:</p><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e8e00f27e59fa9a8fda362209868b585c\">If you’re the account owner, update the email address you use to log in. There are different instructions if you log in with an <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/47334593204493\">Acuity account</a> or a<a href=\"https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/206537177\"> Squarespace account</a>.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2b64b07687e3ce6ce9f98217dd3c6fc6\">If you’re not the account owner, set up <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676918220173#h_01M34PXB0VSFMJF6P0PPTGTCTB\">calendar notifications</a> instead.</li>\n</ul><h2 id=\"h_01J71AKBE664531PYBM3MDRK0A\">I don’t get notified when clients purchase packages, gift certificates, and subscriptions</h2><p>Only account owners can receive these notifications if <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676918220173#h_01M34PXB0STT4FM9CTNN8Y6DE6\">booking alerts</a> are turned on.</p><p>If you already have <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676918220173#h_01M34PXB0VSFMJF6P0PPTGTCTB\">calendar notifications</a> enabled, turn them off before enabling booking alerts to avoid duplicate emails.</p><h2 id=\"h_01M34TCWY3878XZKW88QTJ54J7\">I didn’t receive a notification about an appointment </h2><p>If you expected an appointment email notification but didn’t receive it, check the <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676898564877\">appointment changelog</a> for any notifications sent, dropped, or bounced:</p><ol>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e609696c0560b378b967861ad44b606a0\">Open the <a href=\"https://secure.acuityscheduling.com/appointments.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calendar</a> panel.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e6f09838fc7d49a118977e125b053d115\">Click the appointment to open appointment details.</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e453c4699c367e4e4607b7888afc9481d\">Click <strong>View all changes &amp; notifications sent</strong>.</li>\n</ol><h3 id=\"h_01M34TCWY603QH472XD0HVBFKB\">The changelog shows <em>Admin chose not to send emails</em>\n</h3><p>If you find the entry <em>Admin chose not to send emails</em>, you or your staff opted not to send emails when <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676870828685\">booking, rescheduling, or canceling an appointment</a>. </p><h3 id=\"h_01M34TCWY73KWX3G3B71DW9SNW\">The changelog doesn't list any notifications</h3><p>You and your staff only receive internal notifications if there’s an <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/28111409877773\">active template</a> set up for your client notifications. They won’t be sent if you or your staff <a href=\"https://help.acuityscheduling.com/hc/articles/16676870828685\">choose not to send emails</a> when booking, rescheduling, or canceling an appointment.</p><h3 id=\"h_01M34TCWY7EF0CXR7E6Z44THKD\">The changelog shows the email was \"delivered\", but I didn’t receive it</h3><p>Check your spam folder for the missing email. If your spam filter is catching Acuity emails, add no-reply@acuityscheduling.com to your safe senders list.</p><p>If your spam filter isn’t catching them, contact your internet service provider or hosting provider. Ask them to add Acuity’s email addresses and IP addresses to a trusted sender list. Our IP addresses are:</p><ul>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e34fbfa9392b5f78983766bc86a659c83\">149.72.52.197</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e1558cac86917602e69284b5fa8485432\">149.72.90.69</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ee2e8eedd23ae12ce413d585497250943\">149.72.227.216</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2876d2067d7a42b557847ab60e666dfb\">149.72.242.200</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e8772077022fb40a59a770e83feea89ce\">168.245.51.104</li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e372b33769095071062cec6b06110a750\">198.37.159.6</li>\n</ul><h3 id=\"h_01M34TCWY9P3CWVTFC0ZSB98NJ\">The changelog shows <em>Email dropped</em>\n</h3><p>If you find the entry <em>Email dropped</em>, the email address may be unsubscribed from Acuity emails. You can unsubscribe from appointment reminders and agenda summary emails by clicking <strong>Unsubscribe</strong> at the bottom of those emails, but you'll still receive transaction notifications like appointment booking confirmations, reschedule confirmations, and subscription receipts. </p><p>To resubscribe, open one of those emails and click <strong>Unsubscribe </strong>again. </p><h2 id=\"h_01M34TCWYB43RNGHDTXNCQQ5DV\">My notifications appear to come from one client </h2><p>If every Acuity appointment notifications appear to come from one client, you may have saved our email address in your contacts under that client's name.</p><p>Search your contacts for no-reply@acuityscheduling.com, and ensure it's only associated with \"Acuity Scheduling.\" Remove it from any client's contact.</p>","user_segment_ids":[]}}