# Silencing alerts only means emails? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** cloud, agent\ **Created:** [August 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/silencing-alerts-only-means-emails/4618 "2023-08-27T16:13:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etoel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eada6e/32.png) [@etoel](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/etoel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/silencing-alerts-only-means-emails/4618/1 "2023-08-27T16:13:19Z")
Hi, I have edited the health.d/net.conf files and changed the to: line to silent on some of the checks. I don’t get emails from them, but they still show up as alerts both on the local and cloud dashboards. Is this the intended behavior? I expected silent to be… well silent 🙂 Running 1.42.1 agent on debian 12. ---
**Author:** ![Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/manolis_vasilakis/32/820_2.png) [@Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Manolis_Vasilakis)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/silencing-alerts-only-means-emails/4618/2 "2023-08-28T06:38:25Z")
Hi @etoel Yes, this is intentional. It only “mutes” the notifications. If you wish to not run this particular alert at all, then you an disable it in netdata.conf using the `enabled alarms` configuration option. More information here → [Daemon configuration | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/configuring/daemon-configuration#health-section-options) ---
**Author:** ![etoel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eada6e/32.png) [@etoel](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/etoel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/silencing-alerts-only-means-emails/4618/3 "2023-09-01T07:41:20Z")
Thank you, that makes sense. The enable alarm option worked perfectly.