diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b96c68..83ccf31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 ### Added
+- **Apprise alerting**: New `NotificationService` using [Apprise](https://github.com/caronc/apprise) for multi-channel push notifications (Telegram, Slack, Discord, webhooks, and 80+ other services via a single URL scheme).
+  - `send_user_notification` — sends to all enabled per-user Apprise channels on processing errors or failures.
+  - `send_admin_notification` — sends to all enabled admin-wide channels for system events.
+  - `test_notification` — validates an Apprise URL by dispatching a test message.
+- **`NotificationConfig` model**: Added `name` (friendly label) and `apprise_url` (nullable Apprise URL) columns.
+- **`AdminNotificationConfig` model**: New table (`admin_notification_configs`) for system-wide admin alert channels with `name`, `apprise_url`, `is_enabled`, `notify_on_errors`, `notify_on_system_events`, and `description` fields.
+- **Notifications API** (`/api/v1/notifications`): Full CRUD endpoints (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) plus a `/test` endpoint for user notification configs.
+- **Admin Notifications API** (`/api/v1/admin/notifications`): Full CRUD + `/test` endpoints for admin notification configs, superuser-only.
+- **Task integration**: `process_mail_account` now calls `send_user_notification` on Gmail credential revocation, per-email forwarding failures, and unhandled processing exceptions.
+
+### Changed
+- `NotificationConfigBase` schema: `name` is now a required field; `apprise_url` is an optional field; `config` (channel-specific JSON) is now optional with a default of `{}` (previously required). Existing clients must be updated to supply `name`.
+
+
 - **Prometheus metrics** (`/metrics` endpoint on the FastAPI backend, scraped every 15 s):
   - **HTTP layer** — `http_requests_total` (counter, labelled `method`/`endpoint`/`status_code`) and `http_request_duration_seconds` (histogram). Path segments that are numeric IDs are normalised to `{id}` to avoid label-set explosion.
   - **Mail processing** — `mail_processing_runs_total` (counter, by `status`: `completed` / `partial_failure` / `failed`), `mail_processing_emails_total` (counter, by `operation`: `fetched` / `forwarded` / `failed`), `mail_processing_duration_seconds` (histogram), `active_mail_accounts_total` (gauge — set each scheduler cycle).
diff --git a/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/admin.py b/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/admin.py
index ddab0e9..08a4463 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/admin.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/admin.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from app.models.database_models import (
     ProcessingRun,
     SubscriptionPlan,
     SubscriptionTier,
+    AdminNotificationConfig,
 )
 from app.models.schemas import (
     AdminUserListResponse,
@@ -21,7 +22,13 @@ from app.models.schemas import (
     SubscriptionPlanResponse,
     SubscriptionPlanCreate,
     SubscriptionPlanUpdate,
+    AdminNotificationConfigCreate,
+    AdminNotificationConfigUpdate,
+    AdminNotificationConfigResponse,
+    NotificationTestRequest,
+    NotificationTestResponse,
 )
+from app.services.notification_service import test_notification
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -282,3 +289,114 @@ async def delete_plan(
         )
     await db.delete(plan)
     await db.commit()
+
+
+# ── Admin notification config management ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@router.get("/notifications", response_model=List[AdminNotificationConfigResponse])
+async def list_admin_notification_configs(
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_superuser),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """List all admin notification configurations (admin only)"""
+    result = await db.execute(select(AdminNotificationConfig))
+    return result.scalars().all()
+
+
+@router.post(
+    "/notifications",
+    response_model=AdminNotificationConfigResponse,
+    status_code=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+)
+async def create_admin_notification_config(
+    config_in: AdminNotificationConfigCreate,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_superuser),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Create a new admin notification configuration (admin only)"""
+    config = AdminNotificationConfig(**config_in.dict())
+    db.add(config)
+    await db.commit()
+    await db.refresh(config)
+    return config
+
+
+@router.get(
+    "/notifications/{config_id}", response_model=AdminNotificationConfigResponse
+)
+async def get_admin_notification_config(
+    config_id: int,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_superuser),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Get a specific admin notification configuration (admin only)"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(AdminNotificationConfig).where(AdminNotificationConfig.id == config_id)
+    )
+    config = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not config:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail="Admin notification config not found",
+        )
+    return config
+
+
+@router.put(
+    "/notifications/{config_id}", response_model=AdminNotificationConfigResponse
+)
+async def update_admin_notification_config(
+    config_id: int,
+    config_in: AdminNotificationConfigUpdate,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_superuser),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Update an admin notification configuration (admin only)"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(AdminNotificationConfig).where(AdminNotificationConfig.id == config_id)
+    )
+    config = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not config:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail="Admin notification config not found",
+        )
+
+    update_data = config_in.dict(exclude_unset=True)
+    for field, value in update_data.items():
+        setattr(config, field, value)
+
+    await db.commit()
+    await db.refresh(config)
+    return config
+
+
+@router.delete("/notifications/{config_id}", status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+async def delete_admin_notification_config(
+    config_id: int,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_superuser),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Delete an admin notification configuration (admin only)"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(AdminNotificationConfig).where(AdminNotificationConfig.id == config_id)
+    )
+    config = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not config:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail="Admin notification config not found",
+        )
+    await db.delete(config)
+    await db.commit()
+
+
+@router.post("/notifications/test", response_model=NotificationTestResponse)
+async def test_admin_notification_config(
+    request: NotificationTestRequest,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_superuser),
+):
+    """Test an admin notification channel by sending a test message (admin only)"""
+    success, message = await test_notification(request.apprise_url)
+    return NotificationTestResponse(success=success, message=message)
diff --git a/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/notifications.py b/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/notifications.py
index 77b5480..4706028 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/notifications.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/v1/endpoints/notifications.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Notification configuration endpoints"""
 
 from typing import List
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, status
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from sqlalchemy import select
 
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ from app.core.deps import get_current_active_user
 from app.models.database_models import User, NotificationConfig
 from app.models.schemas import (
     NotificationConfigCreate,
+    NotificationConfigUpdate,
     NotificationConfigResponse,
+    NotificationTestRequest,
+    NotificationTestResponse,
 )
+from app.services.notification_service import test_notification
 
 router = APIRouter()
 
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ async def create_notification_config(
     current_user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    """Create notification configuration"""
+    """Create a new notification configuration"""
     config = NotificationConfig(user_id=current_user.id, **config_in.dict())
     db.add(config)
     await db.commit()
@@ -37,8 +41,94 @@ async def list_notification_configs(
     current_user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user),
     db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
 ):
-    """List all notification configurations"""
+    """List all notification configurations for the current user"""
     result = await db.execute(
         select(NotificationConfig).where(NotificationConfig.user_id == current_user.id)
     )
     return result.scalars().all()
+
+
+@router.get("/{config_id}", response_model=NotificationConfigResponse)
+async def get_notification_config(
+    config_id: int,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Get a specific notification configuration"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(NotificationConfig).where(
+            NotificationConfig.id == config_id,
+            NotificationConfig.user_id == current_user.id,
+        )
+    )
+    config = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not config:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail="Notification config not found",
+        )
+    return config
+
+
+@router.put("/{config_id}", response_model=NotificationConfigResponse)
+async def update_notification_config(
+    config_id: int,
+    config_in: NotificationConfigUpdate,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Update a notification configuration"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(NotificationConfig).where(
+            NotificationConfig.id == config_id,
+            NotificationConfig.user_id == current_user.id,
+        )
+    )
+    config = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not config:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail="Notification config not found",
+        )
+
+    update_data = config_in.dict(exclude_unset=True)
+    for field, value in update_data.items():
+        setattr(config, field, value)
+
+    await db.commit()
+    await db.refresh(config)
+    return config
+
+
+@router.delete("/{config_id}", status_code=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+async def delete_notification_config(
+    config_id: int,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+):
+    """Delete a notification configuration"""
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(NotificationConfig).where(
+            NotificationConfig.id == config_id,
+            NotificationConfig.user_id == current_user.id,
+        )
+    )
+    config = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not config:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND,
+            detail="Notification config not found",
+        )
+
+    await db.delete(config)
+    await db.commit()
+
+
+@router.post("/test", response_model=NotificationTestResponse)
+async def test_notification_config(
+    request: NotificationTestRequest,
+    current_user: User = Depends(get_current_active_user),
+):
+    """Test a notification channel by sending a test message"""
+    success, message = await test_notification(request.apprise_url)
+    return NotificationTestResponse(success=success, message=message)
diff --git a/backend/app/models/database_models.py b/backend/app/models/database_models.py
index 7932792..0e04309 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/database_models.py
+++ b/backend/app/models/database_models.py
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ class NotificationConfig(Base):
         Integer, ForeignKey("users.id", ondelete="CASCADE"), nullable=False
     )
 
+    name = Column(String(255), nullable=False, default="My Notification")
+    apprise_url = Column(
+        Text, nullable=True
+    )  # The Apprise URL e.g. tgram://token/chatid
+
     # Channel details
     channel: Column[str] = Column(SQLEnum(NotificationChannel), nullable=False)
     is_enabled = Column(Boolean, default=True)
@@ -590,3 +595,29 @@ class AppSetting(Base):
         onupdate=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc),
         nullable=False,
     )
+
+
+class AdminNotificationConfig(Base):
+    """System-wide admin notification channels"""
+
+    __tablename__ = "admin_notification_configs"
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True, index=True)
+    name = Column(String(255), nullable=False)
+    apprise_url = Column(Text, nullable=False)
+    is_enabled = Column(Boolean, default=True)
+    notify_on_errors = Column(Boolean, default=True)
+    notify_on_system_events = Column(Boolean, default=True)
+    description = Column(Text, nullable=True)
+
+    created_at = Column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True),
+        default=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        nullable=False,
+    )
+    updated_at = Column(
+        DateTime(timezone=True),
+        default=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        onupdate=lambda: datetime.now(timezone.utc),
+        nullable=False,
+    )
diff --git a/backend/app/models/schemas.py b/backend/app/models/schemas.py
index c5882ab..6ec3f1b 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/schemas.py
+++ b/backend/app/models/schemas.py
@@ -219,9 +219,13 @@ class ProcessingLogResponse(BaseModel):
 
 # Notification Config Schemas
 class NotificationConfigBase(BaseModel):
+    name: str = Field(
+        ..., max_length=255, description="Friendly name for this notification channel"
+    )
     channel: NotificationChannel
+    apprise_url: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Apprise notification URL")
     is_enabled: bool = True
-    config: Dict[str, Any]
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
     notify_on_errors: bool = True
     notify_on_success: bool = False
     notify_threshold: int = Field(default=3, gt=0, le=100)
@@ -232,6 +236,9 @@ class NotificationConfigCreate(NotificationConfigBase):
 
 
 class NotificationConfigUpdate(BaseModel):
+    name: Optional[str] = Field(None, max_length=255)
+    channel: Optional[NotificationChannel] = None
+    apprise_url: Optional[str] = None
     is_enabled: Optional[bool] = None
     config: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
     notify_on_errors: Optional[bool] = None
@@ -248,6 +255,46 @@ class NotificationConfigResponse(NotificationConfigBase):
     model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
 
 
+class NotificationTestRequest(BaseModel):
+    apprise_url: str = Field(..., description="Apprise URL to test")
+
+
+class NotificationTestResponse(BaseModel):
+    success: bool
+    message: str
+
+
+# Admin Notification Config Schemas
+class AdminNotificationConfigBase(BaseModel):
+    name: str = Field(..., max_length=255)
+    apprise_url: str = Field(..., description="Apprise notification URL")
+    is_enabled: bool = True
+    notify_on_errors: bool = True
+    notify_on_system_events: bool = True
+    description: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class AdminNotificationConfigCreate(AdminNotificationConfigBase):
+    pass
+
+
+class AdminNotificationConfigUpdate(BaseModel):
+    name: Optional[str] = Field(None, max_length=255)
+    apprise_url: Optional[str] = None
+    is_enabled: Optional[bool] = None
+    notify_on_errors: Optional[bool] = None
+    notify_on_system_events: Optional[bool] = None
+    description: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class AdminNotificationConfigResponse(AdminNotificationConfigBase):
+    id: int
+    created_at: datetime
+    updated_at: datetime
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)
+
+
 # Subscription Schemas
 class SubscriptionPlanResponse(BaseModel):
     id: int
diff --git a/backend/app/services/notification_service.py b/backend/app/services/notification_service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c017e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/services/notification_service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+"""
+Notification service using Apprise for multi-channel alerting.
+
+Supports:
+- User-specific notifications (per-user Apprise URLs)
+- Admin-wide system notifications (system-level alerts)
+- Test notifications to verify configuration
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+import apprise
+
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlalchemy import select
+
+from app.models.database_models import NotificationConfig, AdminNotificationConfig
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+async def send_user_notification(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    user_id: int,
+    title: str,
+    body: str,
+    notify_on_error: bool = True,
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Send a notification to all enabled notification channels for a given user.
+
+    Args:
+        db: Database session
+        user_id: The user to notify
+        title: Notification title/subject
+        body: Notification body text
+        notify_on_error: If True, only sends to channels with notify_on_errors=True
+                         If False, only sends to channels with notify_on_success=True
+
+    Returns:
+        Number of channels notified successfully
+    """
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(NotificationConfig).where(
+            NotificationConfig.user_id == user_id,
+            NotificationConfig.is_enabled == True,  # noqa: E712
+            NotificationConfig.apprise_url.isnot(None),
+        )
+    )
+    configs = result.scalars().all()
+
+    if not configs:
+        return 0
+
+    sent = 0
+    for config in configs:
+        if notify_on_error and not config.notify_on_errors:
+            continue
+        if not notify_on_error and not config.notify_on_success:
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            success = await _send_apprise(str(config.apprise_url), title, body)
+            if success:
+                sent += 1
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Failed to send notification via channel %s (user %s): %s",
+                config.id,
+                user_id,
+                exc,
+            )
+
+    return sent
+
+
+async def send_admin_notification(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    title: str,
+    body: str,
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Send a notification to all enabled admin notification channels.
+
+    Returns:
+        Number of channels notified successfully
+    """
+    result = await db.execute(
+        select(AdminNotificationConfig).where(
+            AdminNotificationConfig.is_enabled == True,  # noqa: E712
+            AdminNotificationConfig.notify_on_errors == True,  # noqa: E712
+        )
+    )
+    configs = result.scalars().all()
+
+    if not configs:
+        return 0
+
+    sent = 0
+    for config in configs:
+        try:
+            success = await _send_apprise(str(config.apprise_url), title, body)
+            if success:
+                sent += 1
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Failed to send admin notification via channel %s: %s",
+                config.id,
+                exc,
+            )
+
+    return sent
+
+
+async def test_notification(apprise_url: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
+    """
+    Send a test notification to the given Apprise URL.
+
+    Returns:
+        (success, message) tuple
+    """
+    try:
+        success = await _send_apprise(
+            apprise_url,
+            title="InboxRescue: Test Notification",
+            body="This is a test notification from InboxRescue. Your notification channel is configured correctly!",
+        )
+        if success:
+            return True, "Test notification sent successfully"
+        return False, "Notification delivery failed (check your Apprise URL)"
+    except Exception as exc:
+        return False, f"Error sending test notification: {exc}"
+
+
+async def _send_apprise(url: str, title: str, body: str) -> bool:
+    """Internal helper – create an Apprise instance, load the URL, and notify."""
+    ap = apprise.Apprise()
+    if not ap.add(url):
+        logger.warning("Apprise could not parse URL: %s", url[:60])
+        return False
+
+    result = await ap.async_notify(title=title, body=body)
+    return bool(result)
diff --git a/backend/app/workers/tasks.py b/backend/app/workers/tasks.py
index 30287a1..ccb42f3 100644
--- a/backend/app/workers/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/app/workers/tasks.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from app.models.database_models import (
 from app.services.mail_processor import MailProcessor
 from app.services.gmail_service import GmailService
 from app.services.config_service import ConfigService
+from app.services.notification_service import send_user_notification
 from app.core.config import settings
 from sqlalchemy import select, delete
 
@@ -239,6 +240,18 @@ async def process_mail_account(account_id: int):
                             f"Gmail credentials revoked for user {account.user_id}. "
                             "User must re-authorise."
                         )
+                        try:
+                            await send_user_notification(
+                                db=db,
+                                user_id=account.user_id,
+                                title="InboxRescue: Gmail Authorization Expired",
+                                body=f"Your Gmail credentials for account '{account.name}' have been revoked. Please re-authorize Gmail access in Settings.",
+                                notify_on_error=True,
+                            )
+                        except Exception as notify_exc:
+                            logger.warning(
+                                f"Failed to send revocation notification: {notify_exc}"
+                            )
                     logger.error(f"Error delivering email: {e}")
                     emails_failed += 1
 
@@ -286,6 +299,16 @@ async def process_mail_account(account_id: int):
                 account.status = AccountStatus.ERROR  # type: ignore[assignment]
                 account.last_error_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc)  # type: ignore[assignment]
                 account.last_error_message = f"{emails_failed} emails failed to forward"  # type: ignore[assignment]
+                try:
+                    await send_user_notification(
+                        db=db,
+                        user_id=account.user_id,
+                        title="InboxRescue: Mail Forwarding Failures",
+                        body=f"Mail account '{account.name}': {emails_failed} email(s) failed to forward.",
+                        notify_on_error=True,
+                    )
+                except Exception as notify_exc:
+                    logger.warning(f"Failed to send notification: {notify_exc}")
 
             await db.commit()
 
@@ -338,6 +361,20 @@ async def process_mail_account(account_id: int):
                     account.last_error_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc)  # type: ignore[assignment]
                     account.last_error_message = str(e)  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
+                    # Notify user about the error
+                    try:
+                        await send_user_notification(
+                            db=db,
+                            user_id=account.user_id,
+                            title="InboxRescue: Mail Processing Error",
+                            body=f"Error processing mail account '{account.name}': {e}",
+                            notify_on_error=True,
+                        )
+                    except Exception as notify_exc:
+                        logger.warning(
+                            f"Failed to send error notification: {notify_exc}"
+                        )
+
                 await db.commit()