diff --git a/checkpoint/1.0.0/api.yaml b/checkpoint/1.0.0/api.yaml
index 395d8dd7..49678e56 100644
--- a/checkpoint/1.0.0/api.yaml
+++ b/checkpoint/1.0.0/api.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ authentication:
       example: "******"
       required: true
       schema:
-        type: string          
+        type: string
 actions:
   - name: list_packages
     description: Executes the install-policy on a given list of targets.
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ actions:
     description: Create new object.
     parameters:
       - name: host_list
-        description: List of hosts
+        description: 'List of hosts in {"name": "foo", "ip": "0.0.0.0"} format'
         required: true
         multiline: false
-        example: 'INTERNET'
+        example: '[{"name": "Everybody", "ip": "0.0.0.0"}, {"name": "Example", "ip": "1.2.3.4"}]'
         schema:
-          type: array
+          type: string
       - name: ssl_verify
         description: Set ssl verification 
         example: "False"
diff --git a/checkpoint/1.0.0/src/app.py b/checkpoint/1.0.0/src/app.py
index 42ad9d53..99209121 100644
--- a/checkpoint/1.0.0/src/app.py
+++ b/checkpoint/1.0.0/src/app.py
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ def add_host(self, ip_addr:str, user:str, password:str, host_list:list, ssl_veri
             }
         for host in host_list:        
             json_payload = {
-                'name': host, 
-                'ip-address' : host
+                'name': host['name'],
+                'ip-address' : host['ip']
                 }
             response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(json_payload), headers=request_headers, verify=ssl_verify)
             if response.json().get('errors') == None and response.json().get('warnings') == None :
diff --git a/email/1.2.0/src/app.py b/email/1.2.0/src/app.py
index 3187c900..c7ca4333 100644
--- a/email/1.2.0/src/app.py
+++ b/email/1.2.0/src/app.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import mailparser
 import extract_msg
 import jsonpickle
+import ssl
 
 from glom import glom
 from msg_parser import MsOxMessage
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ def send_email_smtp(
             except ValueError:
                 return "SMTP port needs to be a number (Current: %s)" % smtp_port
 
+        context=ssl.create_default_context()
         try:
             s = smtplib.SMTP(host=smtp_host, port=smtp_port)
         except socket.gaierror as e:
@@ -92,9 +94,9 @@ def send_email_smtp(
         if ssl_verify == "false" or ssl_verify == "False":
             pass
         else:
-            s.starttls()
+            s.starttls(context=context)
 
-        if len(username) > 0 or len(password) > 0:
+        if (len(username) > 0 or len(password) > 0) and not password == '.':
             try:
                 s.login(username, password)
             except smtplib.SMTPAuthenticationError as e: