# Email to Incident

Source: https://instatus.com/help/integrations/custom-service-email

1. Go to [Instatus](https://instatus.com), under Integrations, select Email to Incident
2. Copy your component's email address

3. To test it, send an email to address you just copied with UP or DOWN in the subject.  The component's status will be updated.

![Send email](https://instatus.com/help/integrations/custom-1.jpg)

4. Configure your custom service to send UP or DOWN to that email whenever you detect a change in status.  

We're done! 👏