diff --git a/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb b/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb
index ef24ef4c2..eab5e4701 100644
--- a/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/inboxes/fetch_imap_emails_job.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ class Inboxes::FetchImapEmailsJob < ApplicationJob
     return unless should_fetch_email?(channel)
 
     process_mail_for_channel(channel)
+    # clearing old failures like timeouts since the mail is now successfully processed
+    channel.reauthorized!
   rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Net::OpenTimeout, Net::IMAP::NoResponseError
     channel.authorization_error!
   rescue StandardError => e
diff --git a/app/models/channel/email.rb b/app/models/channel/email.rb
index 5b1cc0c91..c5a67c676 100644
--- a/app/models/channel/email.rb
+++ b/app/models/channel/email.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ class Channel::Email < ApplicationRecord
   include Channelable
   include Reauthorizable
 
+  AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_THRESHOLD = 10
+
   self.table_name = 'channel_email'
   EDITABLE_ATTRS = [:email, :imap_enabled, :imap_login, :imap_password, :imap_address, :imap_port, :imap_enable_ssl, :imap_inbox_synced_at,
                     :smtp_enabled, :smtp_login, :smtp_password, :smtp_address, :smtp_port, :smtp_domain, :smtp_enable_starttls_auto,
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/reauthorizable.rb b/app/models/concerns/reauthorizable.rb
index dc55d9b2e..cc78b56a0 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/reauthorizable.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/reauthorizable.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ module Reauthorizable
   # Implement in your exception handling logic for authorization errors
   def authorization_error!
     ::Redis::Alfred.incr(authorization_error_count_key)
-    prompt_reauthorization! if authorization_error_count >= AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_THRESHOLD
+    # we are giving precendence to the authorization error threshhold defined in the class
+    # so that channels can override the default value
+    prompt_reauthorization! if authorization_error_count >= self.class::AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_THRESHOLD
   end
 
   # Performed automatically if error threshold is breached
diff --git a/spec/models/channel/email_spec.rb b/spec/models/channel/email_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af3a978f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/channel/email_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+require Rails.root.join 'spec/models/concerns/reauthorizable_shared.rb'
+
+RSpec.describe Channel::Email do
+  let(:channel) { create(:channel_email) }
+
+  describe 'concerns' do
+    it_behaves_like 'reauthorizable'
+
+    context 'when prompt_reauthorization!' do
+      it 'calls channel notifier mail for email' do
+        admin_mailer = double
+        mailer_double = double
+        expect(AdministratorNotifications::ChannelNotificationsMailer).to receive(:with).and_return(admin_mailer)
+        expect(admin_mailer).to receive(:email_disconnect).with(channel.inbox).and_return(mailer_double)
+        expect(mailer_double).to receive(:deliver_later)
+        channel.prompt_reauthorization!
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'has a valid name' do
+    expect(channel.name).to eq('Email')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/concerns/reauthorizable_shared.rb b/spec/models/concerns/reauthorizable_shared.rb
index 62b251367..212afd4af 100644
--- a/spec/models/concerns/reauthorizable_shared.rb
+++ b/spec/models/concerns/reauthorizable_shared.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,22 @@ shared_examples_for 'reauthorizable' do
     expect(obj.authorization_error_count).to eq 1
   end
 
+  it 'prompts reauthorization when error threshold is passed' do
+    obj = FactoryBot.create(model.to_s.underscore.tr('/', '_').to_sym)
+    expect(obj.reauthorization_required?).to eq false
+
+    obj.class::AUTHORIZATION_ERROR_THRESHOLD.times do
+      obj.authorization_error!
+    end
+
+    expect(obj.reauthorization_required?).to eq true
+  end
+
   it 'prompt_reauthorization!' do
     obj = FactoryBot.create(model.to_s.underscore.tr('/', '_').to_sym)
     expect(obj.reauthorization_required?).to eq false
 
     obj.prompt_reauthorization!
-
     expect(obj.reauthorization_required?).to eq true
   end