diff --git a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
index f8c0d0b5fd..5f8f0ada6e 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
@@ -815,7 +815,6 @@ Model Info:
 
         payload = webhook_event.model_dump_json()
         email_event = {
-            "from": "support@alerts.litellm.ai",
             "to": recipient_email,
             "subject": event_name,
             "html": email_html_content,
@@ -823,8 +822,6 @@ Model Info:
         headers = {"Content-type": "application/json"}
 
         response = await send_email(
-            sender_name=email_event["from"],
-            sender_email=email_event["from"],
             receiver_email=email_event["to"],
             subject=email_event["subject"],
             html=email_event["html"],
@@ -879,6 +876,7 @@ Model Info:
             and alert_type == "budget_alerts"
             and user_info is not None
         ):
+            # only send budget alerts over Email
             await self.send_email_alert_using_smtp(webhook_event=user_info)
 
         if "slack" not in self.alerting:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
index b11c2d04e2..11470bcdae 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/utils.py
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ async def _cache_user_row(
     return
 
 
-async def send_email(sender_name, sender_email, receiver_email, subject, html):
+async def send_email(receiver_email, subject, html):
     """
     smtp_host,
     smtp_port,
@@ -1829,10 +1829,24 @@ async def send_email(sender_name, sender_email, receiver_email, subject, html):
     sender_email,
     """
     ## SERVER SETUP ##
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import premium_user
+    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import CommonProxyErrors
+
+    # Check if user is premium - This is an Enterprise only Feature
+    if premium_user != True:
+        raise Exception(
+            f"Trying to use Email Alerting\n {CommonProxyErrors.not_premium_user.value}"
+        )
+    # Done Checking
+
     smtp_host = os.getenv("SMTP_HOST")
     smtp_port = os.getenv("SMTP_PORT", 587)  # default to port 587
     smtp_username = os.getenv("SMTP_USERNAME")
     smtp_password = os.getenv("SMTP_PASSWORD")
+    sender_email = os.getenv("SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL", None)
+    if sender_email is None:
+        raise Exception("Trying to use SMTP, but SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL is not set")
+
     ## EMAIL SETUP ##
     email_message = MIMEMultipart()
     email_message["From"] = sender_email