Email on the Clusters
Electronic mail reception is not supported on the clusters. In general, email sent to user accounts on the clusters will not be received or delivered.
This means cluster user accounts should not be used as regular email accounts. Users will not be able to receive or read email directly on the clusters.
However, the clusters can send outgoing email notifications to help users monitor batch job status changes. These notifications are commonly used to alert users when a job begins, ends, fails, or reaches another scheduler-supported state.
To receive job status notifications, include your email address and the desired notification options in your batch job submission script.
Example Slurm Job Script Options
#SBATCH --mail-user=your_email@example.com
#SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END,FAIL
The --mail-user option specifies the email address where job notifications should be sent.
The --mail-type option specifies which job events should trigger an email notification.
Common notification options include:
BEGIN— send an email when the job startsEND— send an email when the job finishesFAIL— send an email if the job failsALL— send notifications for all supported job events
Important Notes
- Cluster email functionality is intended only for automated system or scheduler notifications.
- It should not be used as a general email service.
- Email sent to cluster user accounts will not be received.
- Email notifications sent from the cluster depend on the scheduler and system configuration.
- Users should provide a valid external email address, such as their institutional email address, in the job script.