diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 349c7f7b..af81f2db 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ STATUS(){
 						if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 							echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
 						fi
-						echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is down" | mail -s "${NODE_HOSTNAME}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is down" | mail -s "${NODE_HOSTNAME}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 						touch ${FOLDER}/${NODE_HOSTNAME}-${srvc}.down
 					else
 						errtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${NODE_HOSTNAME}-${srvc}.down)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 								echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not running for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})${idsCL[Default]}"
 							fi
-							echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "${NODE_HOSTNAME}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+							if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "${NODE_HOSTNAME}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							touch ${FOLDER}/${NODE_HOSTNAME}-${srvc}.down
 						fi
 					fi
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ STATUS(){
 						else
 							toterrtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${NODE_HOSTNAME}-${srvc}.down)
 						fi
-						echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "${NODE_HOSTNAME}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "${NODE_HOSTNAME}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 						rm -f ${FOLDER}/${NODE_HOSTNAME}-${srvc}.down
 						rm -f ${FOLDER}/${NODE_HOSTNAME}-${srvc}.errtime
 					fi
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ STATUS(){
 						toterrtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down)
 					fi
 					rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down; rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.errtime
-					echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+					if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 				fi
 				for srvc in "${NODE_SERVICES_CHECK[@]}"; do
 					if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 								echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
 							fi
-							echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is down" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+							if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is down" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 						else
 							errtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down)
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ STATUS(){
 								if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 									echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not running for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})${idsCL[Default]}"
 								fi
-								echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 								touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 							fi
 						fi
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							else
 								toterrtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down)
 							fi
-							echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+							if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 							rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.errtime
 						fi
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ STATUS(){
 					if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 						echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Node has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})${idsCL[Default]}"
 					fi
-					echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+					if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 				else
 					if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 						echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Node is Down!${idsCL[Default]}"
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ STATUS(){
 						toterrtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down)
 					fi
 					rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down; rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.errtime
-					echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+					if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 				fi
 				for srvc in "${WEB_SERVICES_CHECK[@]}"; do
 					if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 								echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not Running${idsCL[Default]}"
 							fi
-							echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is down" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+							if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is down" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 						else
 							errtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ STATUS(){
 								if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 									echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Not running for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})${idsCL[Default]}"
 								fi
-								echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 								touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 							fi
 						fi
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							else
 								toterrtime=`date +%s`-$(stat -c %Y ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down)
 							fi
-							echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+							if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${NM_SERVICES[${srvc}]} is back UP! It was down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.down
 							rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${srvc}.errtime
 						fi
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ STATUS(){
 					if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 						echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Node has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})${idsCL[Default]}"
 					fi
-					echo "iDS-Webserver${nid} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+					if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-Webserver${nid} has been down for $(SHOW_TIME ${toterrtime})" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 				else
 					if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
 						echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Node is Down!${idsCL[Default]}"
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ STATUS(){
 				if [ "${checkhost}" != "false" ]; then
 					if [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
 						rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down
-						echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is back UP!" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is back UP!" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 					fi
 					for rcheck in "${NODE_REPL_CHECK[@]}"; do
 						if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							fi
 							if [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down ]; then
 								touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down
-								echo "${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-MySQL${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-MySQL${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							fi
 						else
 							if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							fi
 							if [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down ]; then
 								rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down
-								echo "Replicated folder is back up!\n${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-MySQL${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "Replicated folder is back up!\n${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-MySQL${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							fi
 						fi
 						
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ STATUS(){
 					fi
 					if [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
 						touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down
-						echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is down" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}-DOWN" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-MySQL${nid} is down" | mail -s "iDS-MySQL${nid}-${nip}-DOWN" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 					fi
 				fi
 				if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then echo; fi
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ STATUS(){
 				if [ "${checkhost}" != "false" ]; then
 					if [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
 						rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down
-						echo "iDS-Webserver${nid} is back UP!" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-Webserver${nid} is back UP!" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}-UP" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 					fi
 					for rcheck in "${WEB_REPL_CHECK[@]}"; do
 						if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							fi
 							if [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down ]; then
 								touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down
-								echo "${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-Webserver${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-Webserver${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							fi
 						else
 							if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ STATUS(){
 							fi
 							if [ -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down ]; then
 								rm -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}-${rcheck}.down
-								echo "Replicated folder is back up!\n${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-Webserver${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+								if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "Replicated folder is back up!\n${REPL_DESC[${rcheck}]} (${REPL_CHECKS[${rcheck}]})" | mail -s "Repl-Timeout-'iDS-Webserver${nid}'" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 							fi
 						fi
 						
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ STATUS(){
 					fi
 					if [ ! -f ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down ]; then
 						touch ${FOLDER}/${nip}.down
-						echo "iDS-Webserver${nid} is down" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}-DOWN" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "iDS-Webserver${nid} is down" | mail -s "iDS-Webserver${nid}-${nip}-DOWN" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 					fi
 				fi
 				if [ "${ST_ACTION}" != "check" ]; then echo; fi
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ NEWCERT(){
 					if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
 						echo -e "${idsCL[Red]}Timeout${idsCL[Default]}"
 						timeout=true
-						echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between nodes. (${NEW_CERT})" | mail -s "Cert-Request" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+						if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between nodes. (${NEW_CERT})" | mail -s "Cert-Request" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 						break
 					fi
 				done
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ NIGHTLYRENEW(){
 		done
 		checked=${tchecked}
 		if [ "`date +%s`" -gt "$timeout" ] && [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then
-			echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between nodes." | mail -s "Nightly-Cert-Renewal" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}
+			if [ "${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}" != "" ]; then echo "Timeout occurred in waiting for replication between nodes." | mail -s "Nightly-Cert-Renewal" ${STATUS_CHECK_EMAIL}; fi
 			break
 		fi
 	done