diff --git a/src/app/mail/index.ts b/src/app/mail/index.ts
index 133e46c9..f11550f4 100644
--- a/src/app/mail/index.ts
+++ b/src/app/mail/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class MailNotifications {
 
     let authEvent
     try {
-      authEvent = await $signer.sign(await makeHttpAuth(EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_SERVER, "POST"))
+      authEvent = await $signer.sign(await makeHttpAuth(EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_SERVER, "PUT"))
     } catch (e) {
       emailNotificationState.set({error: "Failed to create authentication. Check your signer."})
       throw new Error("Failed to sign NIP-98 auth", {cause: e})
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class MailNotifications {
     let res
     try {
       res = await fetch(buildUrl(EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_SERVER, "subscription", "email"), {
-        method: "POST",
+        method: "PUT",
         body: JSON.stringify({email, frequency, pubkey: $user.pubkey}),
         headers: {Authorization: authHeader, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
       })
@@ -124,26 +124,10 @@ export class MailNotifications {
     return userSettingsValues.subscribe(
       throttle(500, async ({email, emailAddress, emailFrequency}) => {
         if (email && emailAddress) {
-          const existing = await this._lookup()
-
-          if (
-            existing?.confirmed &&
-            existing.email === emailAddress &&
-            existing.frequency === emailFrequency
-          ) {
-            emailNotificationState.set({
-              key: existing.key,
-              callback: existing.callback,
-              email: existing.email,
-              frequency: existing.frequency,
-              error: undefined,
-            })
-          } else {
-            try {
-              await this.register(emailAddress, emailFrequency)
-            } catch {
-              return
-            }
+          try {
+            await this.register(emailAddress, emailFrequency)
+          } catch {
+            return
           }
 
           await this.enable()
@@ -154,18 +138,6 @@ export class MailNotifications {
     )
   }
 
-  async _lookup() {
-    const {pubkey} = User.require(app.get())
-
-    const res = await fetch(
-      `${buildUrl(EMAIL_NOTIFICATION_SERVER, "subscription", "email")}?pubkey=${pubkey}`,
-    )
-
-    if (!res.ok) return undefined
-
-    return res.json()
-  }
-
   _getSubscriptionIdentifier = (relay: string, key: string) =>
     String(hash(relay + key + device.get() + "email"))