diff --git a/alerts/plugins/ssh_access_signreleng.conf b/alerts/plugins/ssh_access_signreleng.conf
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+[options]
+smtpserver = <add_smtpserver>
+sender = <add_sender_email>
+recipients = <add_recipient_email>,<add_recipient2_email>
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diff --git a/alerts/plugins/ssh_access_signreleng.py b/alerts/plugins/ssh_access_signreleng.py
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+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Mozilla Corporation
+#
+# Contributors:
+# Alicia Smith <asmith@mozilla.com>
+# Michal Purzynski <mpurzynski@mozilla.com>
+# Brandon Myers <bmyers@mozilla.com>
+
+import os
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from configlib import getConfig, OptionParser
+import smtplib
+from email.mime.text import MIMEText
+from email.Utils import formatdate
+from time import mktime
+
+
+class message(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        '''
+        takes an incoming alert
+        and uses it to trigger an email sent to
+        the releng signing server team
+        '''
+
+        self.registration = ['access']
+        self.priority = 2
+
+        # set my own conf file
+        # relative path to the alerts alertWorker.py file
+        self.configfile = './plugins/ssh_access_signreleng.conf'
+        self.options = None
+        if os.path.exists(self.configfile):
+            sys.stdout.write('found conf file {0}\n'.format(self.configfile))
+            self.initConfiguration()
+
+    def initConfiguration(self):
+        myparser = OptionParser()
+        # setup self.options by sending empty list [] to parse_args
+        (self.options, args) = myparser.parse_args([])
+
+        # email settings
+        self.options.smtpserver = getConfig('smtpserver', 'localhost', self.configfile)
+        self.options.sender = getConfig('sender', 'donotreply@localhost.com', self.configfile)
+        recipients_str = getConfig('recipients', 'noone@localhost.com', self.configfile)
+        self.options.recipients = recipients_str.split(',')
+
+    def onMessage(self, message):
+        # here is where you do something with the incoming alert message
+
+        emailMessage = MIMEText(message['summary'] + ' on ' + message['events'][0]['documentsource']['utctimestamp'])
+        emailMessage['Subject'] = 'MozDef Alert: Releng Restricted Servers Successful SSH Access'
+        emailMessage['From'] = self.options.sender
+        emailMessage['To'] = ','.join(self.options.recipients)
+        nowtuple = mktime(datetime.utcnow().timetuple())
+        # The Date field needs to be in a specific format, and we must
+        # define it or gmail struggles to parse it.
+        emailMessage['Date'] = formatdate(nowtuple)
+        smtpObj = smtplib.SMTP(self.options.smtpserver, 25)
+        try:
+            smtpObj.sendmail(self.options.sender, self.options.recipients, emailMessage.as_string())
+            smtpObj.quit()
+        except smtplib.SMTPException as e:
+            sys.stderr.write('Error: failed to send email {0}\n'.format(e))
+
+        # you can modify the message if needed
+        # plugins registered with lower (>2) priority
+        # will receive the message and can also act on it
+        # but even if not modified, you must return it
+        return message