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Email notifications can include up to 10KB of text content in the message body. These notifications can be slow since they go through your email provider. If you don't receive an email notification that you're expecting, check your junk folders.

Follow these steps to set up email notifications in the deployment wizard:

1. On the Deploy Live page, enable at least one of the notification types.

The following table shows the supported notification types:

Notification Type	Description
Order Events	Notifications for when the algorithm receives OrderEvent objects
Insights	Notifications for when the algorithm emits Insight objects

2. Click Email.
3. Enter an email address.
4. Enter a subject.
5. Click Add.

To add more email notifications, click Add Notification and then continue from step 2.

SMS notifications are the only type of notification that you don't need an internet connection to receive. They can include up to 1,600 characters of text content in the message body.

Follow these steps to set up SMS notifications in the deployment wizard:

1. On the Deploy Live page, enable at least one of the notification types.

The following table shows the supported notification types:

Notification Type	Description
Order Events	Notifications for when the algorithm receives OrderEvent objects
Insights	Notifications for when the algorithm emits Insight objects

2. Click SMS.
3. Enter a phone number.
4. Click Add.

To add more SMS notifications, click Add Notification and then continue from step 2.

Telegram notifications are automated messages to a Telegram group.

Follow these steps to set up Telegram notifications in the deployment wizard:

1. On the Deploy Live page, enable at least one of the notification types.

The following table shows the supported notification types:

Notification Type	Description
Order Events	Notifications for when the algorithm receives OrderEvent objects
Insights	Notifications for when the algorithm emits Insight objects

2. Create a new Telegram group.
3. Add a bot to your Telegram group.

To create a bot, chat with @BotFather and follow its instructions. If you want to use our bot, the username is @quantconnect_notifications_bot.

4. On the live deployment wizard, click Telegram.
5. Enter your user Id or group Id.

Your group Id is in the URL when you open your group chat in the Telegram web interface. For example, the group Id of web.telegram.org/z/#-503016366 is -503016366.

6. If you are not using our notification bot, enter the token of your bot.
7. Click Add.

To add more Telegram notifications, click Add Notification and then continue from step 2.

Webhook notifications are an HTTP-POST request to a URL you provide. The request is sent with a timeout of 300s. You can process these notifications on your web server however you want. For instance, you can inject the content of the notifications into your server's database or use it to create other notifications on your own server.

Follow these steps to set up webhook notifications in the deployment wizard:

1. On the Deploy Live page, enable at least one of the notification types.

The following table shows the supported notification types:

Notification Type	Description
Order Events	Notifications for when the algorithm receives OrderEvent objects
Insights	Notifications for when the algorithm emits Insight objects

2. Click Webhook.
3. Enter a URL.
4. If you want to add header information, click Add Header and then enter a key and value.

Repeat this step to add multiple header keys and values.

5. Click Add.

To add more webhook notifications, click Add Notification and then continue from step 2.

The number of email, Telegram, or webhook notifications you can send in each live algorithm for free depends on the tier of your organization. The following table shows the hourly quotas:

If you exceed the hourly quota, each additional email, Telegram, or webhook notification costs 1 QuantConnect Credit (QCC).

Each SMS notification you send to a US or Canadian phone number costs 1 QCC. Each SMS notification you send to an international phone number costs 10 QCC.

The notification system can't be used for data distribution.