diff --git a/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent.ts b/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d0571a6b2..000000000
--- a/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { DomainEventInterface } from './DomainEventInterface'
-
-import { GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload } from './GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload'
-
-export interface GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent extends DomainEventInterface {
-  type: 'GOOGLE_DRIVE_BACKUP_FAILED'
-  payload: GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload
-}
diff --git a/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload.ts b/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6514ce713..000000000
--- a/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-export interface GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload {
-  muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid: string
-  extensionSettingUuid?: string
-  email: string
-}
diff --git a/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/index.ts b/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/index.ts
index 0c84acd89..d0123724d 100644
--- a/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/index.ts
+++ b/packages/domain-events/src/Domain/index.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ export * from './Event/FileRemovedEvent'
 export * from './Event/FileRemovedEventPayload'
 export * from './Event/FileUploadedEvent'
 export * from './Event/FileUploadedEventPayload'
-export * from './Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent'
-export * from './Event/GoogleDriveBackupFailedEventPayload'
 export * from './Event/ItemDumpedEvent'
 export * from './Event/ItemDumpedEventPayload'
 export * from './Event/ItemRevisionCreationRequestedEvent'
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Email/GoogleDriveBackupFailed.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Email/GoogleDriveBackupFailed.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc2340f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Email/GoogleDriveBackupFailed.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { html } from './google-drive-backup-failed.html'
+
+export function getSubject(): string {
+  return 'Failed Daily Backup to Google Drive Sync'
+}
+
+export function getBody(): string {
+  return html
+}
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Email/google-drive-backup-failed.html.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Email/google-drive-backup-failed.html.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4654d40e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Email/google-drive-backup-failed.html.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export const html = `<p>Hello,</p>
+<p>We recently tried backing up your data to <strong>Google Drive Sync</strong>, but an issue prevented us from
+  doing
+  so.</p>
+<p>
+  The usual cause is an expired or revoked token from your sync provider. Please follow
+  <a href='https://standardnotes.com/help/27/how-do-i-enable-dropbox-google-drive-or-onedrive-backups'>these
+    instructions</a>
+  to use CloudLink on the web or desktop Standard Notes application to uninstall then reinstall this sync provider.
+</p>
+<p>
+  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
+  If you have any questions, please feel free to reply directly to this email.
+</p>
+<p>
+  Thanks,
+  <br>SN</br>
+</p>
+<a href='https://app.standardnotes.com/?settings=backups'>Mute these emails</a>`
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactory.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactory.ts
index 93b5f9da9..2619ee3c8 100644
--- a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactory.ts
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactory.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   DuplicateItemSyncedEvent,
   EmailArchiveExtensionSyncedEvent,
   EmailBackupAttachmentCreatedEvent,
-  GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent,
+  EmailRequestedEvent,
   ItemDumpedEvent,
   ItemRevisionCreationRequestedEvent,
   ItemsSyncedEvent,
@@ -149,21 +149,24 @@ export class DomainEventFactory implements DomainEventFactoryInterface {
     }
   }
 
-  createGoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid: string, email: string): GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent {
+  createEmailRequestedEvent(dto: {
+    userEmail: string
+    messageIdentifier: string
+    level: string
+    body: string
+    subject: string
+  }): EmailRequestedEvent {
     return {
-      type: 'GOOGLE_DRIVE_BACKUP_FAILED',
+      type: 'EMAIL_REQUESTED',
       createdAt: this.timer.getUTCDate(),
       meta: {
         correlation: {
-          userIdentifier: email,
+          userIdentifier: dto.userEmail,
           userIdentifierType: 'email',
         },
         origin: DomainEventService.SyncingServer,
       },
-      payload: {
-        muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid,
-        email,
-      },
+      payload: dto,
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactoryInterface.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactoryInterface.ts
index 87e3dd442..ac39cea79 100644
--- a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactoryInterface.ts
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Event/DomainEventFactoryInterface.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   DuplicateItemSyncedEvent,
   EmailArchiveExtensionSyncedEvent,
   EmailBackupAttachmentCreatedEvent,
-  GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent,
+  EmailRequestedEvent,
   ItemDumpedEvent,
   ItemRevisionCreationRequestedEvent,
   ItemsSyncedEvent,
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ import {
 export interface DomainEventFactoryInterface {
   createUserContentSizeRecalculationRequestedEvent(userUuid: string): UserContentSizeRecalculationRequestedEvent
   createDropboxBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid: string, email: string): DropboxBackupFailedEvent
-  createGoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid: string, email: string): GoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent
+  createEmailRequestedEvent(dto: {
+    userEmail: string
+    messageIdentifier: string
+    level: string
+    body: string
+    subject: string
+  }): EmailRequestedEvent
   createOneDriveBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid: string, email: string): OneDriveBackupFailedEvent
   createItemsSyncedEvent(dto: {
     userUuid: string
diff --git a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Extension/ExtensionsHttpService.ts b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Extension/ExtensionsHttpService.ts
index 9b583c62d..957cf1e62 100644
--- a/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Extension/ExtensionsHttpService.ts
+++ b/packages/syncing-server/src/Domain/Extension/ExtensionsHttpService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { KeyParamsData } from '@standardnotes/responses'
 import { DomainEventInterface, DomainEventPublisherInterface } from '@standardnotes/domain-events'
+import { EmailLevel } from '@standardnotes/domain-core'
 import { AxiosInstance } from 'axios'
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify'
 import { Logger } from 'winston'
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import { ItemRepositoryInterface } from '../Item/ItemRepositoryInterface'
 import { ExtensionName } from './ExtensionName'
 import { ExtensionsHttpServiceInterface } from './ExtensionsHttpServiceInterface'
 import { SendItemsToExtensionsServerDTO } from './SendItemsToExtensionsServerDTO'
+import { getBody, getSubject } from '../Email/GoogleDriveBackupFailed'
 
 @injectable()
 export class ExtensionsHttpService implements ExtensionsHttpServiceInterface {
@@ -121,7 +123,13 @@ export class ExtensionsHttpService implements ExtensionsHttpServiceInterface {
       case 'DROPBOX':
         return this.domainEventFactory.createDropboxBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid, email)
       case 'GOOGLE_DRIVE':
-        return this.domainEventFactory.createGoogleDriveBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid, email)
+        return this.domainEventFactory.createEmailRequestedEvent({
+          userEmail: email,
+          level: EmailLevel.LEVELS.FailedCloudBackup,
+          body: getBody(),
+          messageIdentifier: 'FAILED_GOOGLE_DRIVE_BACKUP',
+          subject: getSubject(),
+        })
       case 'ONE_DRIVE':
         return this.domainEventFactory.createOneDriveBackupFailedEvent(muteCloudEmailsSettingUuid, email)
     }