diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25eb7a41d..9a2495983 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -296,8 +296,12 @@ aws:
 
 smtp:
   # hostport: "" # host:port address of SMTP server, if not empty, SMTP output is enabled
-  # user: "" # user to access SMTP server
-  # password: "" # password to access SMTP server
+  # authmechanism: "plain" # SASL Mechanisms : plain, oauthbearer, external, anonymous or "" (disable SASL). Default: plain
+  # user: "" # user for Plain Mechanism
+  # password: "" # password for Plain Mechanism
+  # token: "" # OAuthBearer token for OAuthBearer Mechanism
+  # identity: "" # identity string for Plain and External Mechanisms
+  # trace: "" trace string for Anonymous Mechanism
   # from: "" # Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
   # to: "" # comma-separated list of Recipident addresses, can't be empty (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
   # outputformat: "" # html (default), text
@@ -687,8 +691,6 @@ care of lower/uppercases**) : `yaml: a.b --> envvar: A_B` :
   `emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)`
 - **SMTP_HOSTPORT** : "host:port" address of SMTP server, if not empty, SMTP
   output is _enabled_
-- **SMTP_USER** : user to access SMTP server
-- **SMTP_PASSWORD** : password to access SMTP server
 - **SMTP_FROM** : Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
 - **SMTP_TO** : comma-separated list of Recipident addresses, can't be empty
   (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
@@ -696,8 +698,13 @@ care of lower/uppercases**) : `yaml: a.b --> envvar: A_B` :
 - **SMTP_MINIMUMPRIORITY** : minimum priority of event for using this output,
   order is
   `emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|notice|informational|debug or "" (default)`
-- **OPSGENIE_APIKEY** : Opsgenie API Key, if not empty, Opsgenie output is
-  _enabled_
+- **SMTP_AUTHMECHANISM** : SASL Mechanisms `plain|oauthbearer|external|anonymous or "" (disable SASL)` Default to `plain`
+- **SMTP_USER** :  user for Plain Mechanism
+- **SMTP_PASSWORD** : password for Plain Mechanism
+- **SMTP_TOKEN** : # OAuthBearer token for OAuthBearer Mechanism
+- **SMTP_IDENTITY** : identity string for Plain and External Mechanisms
+- **SMTP_TRACE** : trace string for Anonymous Mechanism
+- **OPSGENIE_APIKEY** : Opsgenie API Key, if not empty, Opsgenie output is _enabled_
 - **OPSGENIE_REGION** : (us|eu) region of your domain (default is 'us')
 - **OPSGENIE_MINIMUMPRIORITY** : minimum priority of event for using this
   output, order is
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 5865fbba6..8efe7cba3 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -150,13 +150,18 @@ func getConfig() *types.Configuration {
 	v.SetDefault("AWS.Kinesis.MinimumPriority", "")
 
 	v.SetDefault("SMTP.HostPort", "")
-	v.SetDefault("SMTP.User", "")
-	v.SetDefault("SMTP.Password", "")
 	v.SetDefault("SMTP.From", "")
 	v.SetDefault("SMTP.To", "")
 	v.SetDefault("SMTP.OutputFormat", "html")
 	v.SetDefault("SMTP.MinimumPriority", "")
 
+	v.SetDefault("SMTP.AuthMechanism", "plain")
+	v.SetDefault("SMTP.User", "")
+	v.SetDefault("SMTP.Password", "")
+	v.SetDefault("SMTP.Token", "")
+	v.SetDefault("SMTP.Identity", "")
+	v.SetDefault("SMTP.Trace", "")
+
 	v.SetDefault("STAN.HostPort", "")
 	v.SetDefault("STAN.ClusterID", "")
 	v.SetDefault("STAN.ClientID", "")
diff --git a/config_example.yaml b/config_example.yaml
index 5f6b7b5cb..35ab72691 100644
--- a/config_example.yaml
+++ b/config_example.yaml
@@ -127,8 +127,12 @@ aws:
 
 smtp:
   # hostport: "" # host:port address of SMTP server, if not empty, SMTP output is enabled
-  # user: "" # user to access SMTP server
-  # password: "" # password to access SMTP server
+  # authmechanism: "plain" # SASL Mechanisms : plain, oauthbearer, external, anonymous or "" (disable SASL). Default: plain
+  # user: "" # user for Plain Mechanism
+  # password: "" # password for Plain Mechanism
+  # token: "" # OAuthBearer token for OAuthBearer Mechanism
+  # identity: "" # identity string for Plain and External Mechanisms
+  # trace: "" trace string for Anonymous Mechanism
   # from: "" # Sender address (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
   # to: "" # comma-separated list of Recipident addresses, can't be empty (mandatory if SMTP output is enabled)
   # outputformat: "" # html (default), text
diff --git a/outputs/client.go b/outputs/client.go
index dcde24ae5..3f7f480bd 100644
--- a/outputs/client.go
+++ b/outputs/client.go
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ var ErrTooManyRequest = errors.New("exceeding post rate limit")
 // ErrClientCreation is returned if client can't be created
 var ErrClientCreation = errors.New("client creation Error")
 
+var ErrSASLAuthCreation = errors.New("sasl auth: wrong mechanism")
+
 // EnabledOutputs list all enabled outputs
 var EnabledOutputs []string
 
diff --git a/outputs/constants.go b/outputs/constants.go
index a447879ec..2242d10b4 100644
--- a/outputs/constants.go
+++ b/outputs/constants.go
@@ -45,4 +45,10 @@ const (
 
 	UDP string = "udp"
 	TCP string = "tcp"
+
+	// SASL Auth mechanisms for SMTP
+	Plain       string = "plain"
+	OAuthBearer string = "oauthbearer"
+	External    string = "external"
+	Anonymous   string = "anonymous"
 )
diff --git a/outputs/smtp.go b/outputs/smtp.go
index f0c07f35d..1dde52525 100644
--- a/outputs/smtp.go
+++ b/outputs/smtp.go
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	htmlTemplate "html/template"
 	"log"
+	"net"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	textTemplate "text/template"
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 // SMTPPayload is payload for SMTP Output
 type SMTPPayload struct {
+	From    string
 	To      string
 	Subject string
 	Body    string
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ func NewSMTPClient(config *types.Configuration, stats *types.Statistics, promSta
 
 func newSMTPPayload(falcopayload types.FalcoPayload, config *types.Configuration) SMTPPayload {
 	s := SMTPPayload{
+		From:    "From: " + config.SMTP.From,
 		To:      "To: " + config.SMTP.To,
 		Subject: "Subject: [" + falcopayload.Priority.String() + "] " + falcopayload.Output,
 	}
@@ -83,24 +87,62 @@ func newSMTPPayload(falcopayload types.FalcoPayload, config *types.Configuration
 	return s
 }
 
+func (c *Client) ReportErr(message string, err error) {
+	go c.CountMetric("outputs", 1, []string{"output:smtp", "status:error"})
+	c.Stats.SMTP.Add(Error, 1)
+	log.Printf("[ERROR] : SMTP - %s : %v\n", message, err)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) GetAuth() (sasl.Client, error) {
+	if c.Config.SMTP.AuthMechanism == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	var authClient sasl.Client
+	switch strings.ToLower(c.Config.SMTP.AuthMechanism) {
+	case Plain:
+		authClient = sasl.NewPlainClient(c.Config.SMTP.Identity, c.Config.SMTP.User, c.Config.SMTP.Password)
+	case OAuthBearer:
+		host, portString, _ := net.SplitHostPort(c.Config.SMTP.HostPort)
+		port, err := strconv.Atoi(portString)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		authClient = sasl.NewOAuthBearerClient(&sasl.OAuthBearerOptions{Username: c.Config.SMTP.User, Token: c.Config.SMTP.Token, Host: host, Port: port})
+	case External:
+		authClient = sasl.NewExternalClient(c.Config.SMTP.Identity)
+	case Anonymous:
+		authClient = sasl.NewAnonymousClient(c.Config.SMTP.Trace)
+	default:
+		return nil, ErrSASLAuthCreation
+	}
+	return authClient, nil
+}
+
 // SendMail sends email to SMTP server
 func (c *Client) SendMail(falcopayload types.FalcoPayload) {
 	sp := newSMTPPayload(falcopayload, c.Config)
 
 	to := strings.Split(strings.Replace(c.Config.SMTP.To, " ", "", -1), ",")
-	auth := sasl.NewPlainClient("", c.Config.SMTP.User, c.Config.SMTP.Password)
-	body := sp.To + "\n" + sp.Subject + "\n" + sp.Body
+	auth, err := c.GetAuth()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.ReportErr("SASL Authentication mechanisms", err)
+		return
+	}
+	body := sp.To + "\n" + sp.Subject + "\n" + sp.From + "\n" + sp.Body
 
 	if c.Config.Debug {
-		log.Printf("[DEBUG] : SMTP payload : \nServer: %v\nFrom: %v\nTo: %v\nSubject: %v\n", c.Config.SMTP.HostPort, c.Config.SMTP.From, sp.To, sp.Subject)
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] : SMTP payload : \nServer: %v\n%v\n%v\nSubject: %v\n", c.Config.SMTP.HostPort, sp.From, sp.To, sp.Subject)
+		if c.Config.SMTP.AuthMechanism != "" {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] : SMTP - SASL Auth : \nMechanisms: %v\nUser: %v\nToken: %v\nIdentity: %v\nTrace: %v\n", c.Config.SMTP.AuthMechanism, c.Config.SMTP.User, c.Config.SMTP.Token, c.Config.SMTP.Identity, c.Config.SMTP.Trace)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] : SMTP - SASL Auth : Disabled\n")
+		}
 	}
 
 	c.Stats.SMTP.Add("total", 1)
-	err := smtp.SendMail(c.Config.SMTP.HostPort, auth, c.Config.SMTP.From, to, strings.NewReader(body))
+	err = smtp.SendMail(c.Config.SMTP.HostPort, auth, c.Config.SMTP.From, to, strings.NewReader(body))
 	if err != nil {
-		go c.CountMetric("outputs", 1, []string{"output:smtp", "status:error"})
-		c.Stats.SMTP.Add(Error, 1)
-		log.Printf("[ERROR] : SMTP - %v\n", err)
+		c.ReportErr("Send Mail failure", err)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index fec332844..a817cdb5f 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -271,8 +271,12 @@ type awsKinesisConfig struct {
 
 type smtpOutputConfig struct {
 	HostPort        string
+	AuthMechanism   string
 	User            string
 	Password        string
+	Token           string
+	Identity        string
+	Trace           string
 	From            string
 	To              string
 	OutputFormat    string