diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-target-policy.test.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-target-policy.test.ts
index 5d2d611d..59fb7ac9 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-target-policy.test.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-target-policy.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { assertNotificationTargetAllowed } from "../utils/notification-target-policy";
 
 describe("assertNotificationTargetAllowed", () => {
+	test("requires email SMTP targets to match the allowlist", () => {
+		const notificationConfig = {
+			type: "email" as const,
+			smtpHost: "smtp.example.com",
+			smtpPort: 587,
+			from: "backups@example.com",
+			to: ["admin@example.com"],
+			useTLS: true,
+		};
+
+		expect(() => assertNotificationTargetAllowed(notificationConfig, [])).toThrow(
+			"Add smtp://smtp.example.com:587 to WEBHOOK_ALLOWED_ORIGINS",
+		);
+
+		expect(() => assertNotificationTargetAllowed(notificationConfig, ["smtp://smtp.example.com:587"])).not.toThrow();
+		expect(() => assertNotificationTargetAllowed(notificationConfig, ["smtp://smtp.example.com:25"])).toThrow();
+	});
+
+	test("rejects notification types that are not classified by the SSRF policy", () => {
+		expect(() => assertNotificationTargetAllowed({ type: "future-networked" } as never, [])).toThrow(
+			'Unsupported notification type "future-networked" for the SSRF policy.',
+		);
+	});
+
 	test("allows fixed-provider custom Shoutrrr services without a network target allowlist", () => {
 		expect(() =>
 			assertNotificationTargetAllowed({ type: "custom", shoutrrrUrl: "discord://token@webhook-id" }, []),
diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/utils/notification-target-policy.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/utils/notification-target-policy.ts
index ffa2632c..c79137e0 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/utils/notification-target-policy.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/utils/notification-target-policy.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ const getCustomShoutrrrTarget = (shoutrrrUrl: string) => {
 
 const getNotificationTarget = (notificationConfig: NotificationConfig) => {
 	switch (notificationConfig.type) {
+		case "email": {
+			const smtpTarget = new URL("smtp://placeholder");
+			smtpTarget.hostname = notificationConfig.smtpHost;
+			smtpTarget.port = String(notificationConfig.smtpPort);
+			return `${smtpTarget.protocol}//${smtpTarget.host}`;
+		}
+		case "slack":
+		case "discord":
+		case "pushover":
+		case "telegram":
+			return null;
 		case "generic":
 			return notificationConfig.url;
 		case "gotify":
@@ -123,8 +134,12 @@ const getNotificationTarget = (notificationConfig: NotificationConfig) => {
 			return notificationConfig.serverUrl ?? null;
 		case "custom":
 			return getCustomShoutrrrTarget(notificationConfig.shoutrrrUrl);
-		default:
-			return null;
+		default: {
+			const _exhaustive: never = notificationConfig;
+			throw new BadRequestError(
+				`Unsupported notification type "${(_exhaustive as NotificationConfig).type}" for the SSRF policy.`,
+			);
+		}
 	}
 };