diff --git a/apprise/plugins/email/base.py b/apprise/plugins/email/base.py
index 05fa0e3c..a1999746 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/email/base.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/email/base.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ from datetime import timezone
 
 from ..base import NotifyBase
 from ...url import PrivacyMode
-from ...common import NotifyFormat, NotifyType
+from ...common import NotifyFormat, NotifyType, PersistentStoreMode
 from ...conversion import convert_between
 from ...utils import pgp as _pgp
 from ...utils.parse import (
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ class NotifyEmail(NotifyBase):
     # Support attachments
     attachment_support = True
 
+    # Our default is to no not use persistent storage beyond in-memory
+    # reference; this allows us to auto-generate our config if needed
+    storage_mode = PersistentStoreMode.AUTO
+
     # Default Notify Format
     notify_format = NotifyFormat.HTML
 
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/slack.py b/apprise/plugins/slack.py
index 9fa6092e..9229b5eb 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/slack.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/slack.py
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ class NotifySlack(NotifyBase):
         r'|(?:>|\>)))', re.IGNORECASE)
 
     def __init__(self, access_token=None, token_a=None, token_b=None,
-                 token_c=None, targets=None, include_image=True,
-                 include_footer=True, use_blocks=None, **kwargs):
+                 token_c=None, targets=None, include_image=None,
+                 include_footer=None, use_blocks=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Initialize Slack Object
         """
@@ -386,10 +386,15 @@ class NotifySlack(NotifyBase):
             re.IGNORECASE,
         )
         # Place a thumbnail image inline with the message body
-        self.include_image = include_image
+        self.include_image = \
+            self.template_args['image']['default'] \
+            if include_image is None else include_image
 
         # Place a footer with each post
-        self.include_footer = include_footer
+        self.include_footer = \
+            self.template_args['footer']['default'] \
+            if include_footer is None else include_footer
+
         return
 
     def send(self, body, title='', notify_type=NotifyType.INFO, attach=None,
@@ -1150,7 +1155,8 @@ class NotifySlack(NotifyBase):
 
         # Get Image Flag
         results['include_image'] = \
-            parse_bool(results['qsd'].get('image', True))
+            parse_bool(results['qsd'].get(
+                'image', NotifySlack.template_args['image']['default']))
 
         # Get Payload structure (use blocks?)
         if 'blocks' in results['qsd'] and len(results['qsd']['blocks']):
@@ -1158,7 +1164,8 @@ class NotifySlack(NotifyBase):
 
         # Get Footer Flag
         results['include_footer'] = \
-            parse_bool(results['qsd'].get('footer', True))
+            parse_bool(results['qsd'].get(
+                'footer', NotifySlack.template_args['footer']['default']))
 
         return results
 
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/spike.py b/apprise/plugins/spike.py
index 37d44fe6..f4a65921 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/spike.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/spike.py
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ class NotifySpike(NotifyBase):
         """
         Send Spike.sh Notification
         """
-        self.throttle()
 
         payload = {
             'message': title if title else body,
@@ -129,6 +128,9 @@ class NotifySpike(NotifyBase):
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         }
 
+        # Always call throttle before any remote server i/o is made
+        self.throttle()
+
         try:
             response = requests.post(
                 self.webhook_url,
diff --git a/apprise/plugins/webexteams.py b/apprise/plugins/webexteams.py
index 39d40262..21ca00bc 100644
--- a/apprise/plugins/webexteams.py
+++ b/apprise/plugins/webexteams.py
@@ -242,8 +242,14 @@ class NotifyWebexTeams(NotifyBase):
             # We're done early as we couldn't load the results
             return results
 
-        # The first token is stored in the hostname
-        results['token'] = NotifyWebexTeams.unquote(results['host'])
+        # Set our token if found as an argument
+        if 'token' in results['qsd'] and len(results['qsd']['token']):
+            results['token'] = \
+                NotifyWebexTeams.unquote(results['qsd']['token'])
+
+        else:
+            # The first token is stored in the hostname
+            results['token'] = NotifyWebexTeams.unquote(results['host'])
 
         return results
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bc48e333..cbd5b56b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: "3.3"
 services:
   test.py39:
     build:
diff --git a/test/test_plugin_simplepush.py b/test/test_plugin_simplepush.py
index 6f9deed6..d8567da9 100644
--- a/test/test_plugin_simplepush.py
+++ b/test/test_plugin_simplepush.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_plugin_simplepush_urls():
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     'cryptography' in sys.modules,
     reason="Requires that cryptography NOT be installed")
-def test_plugin_fcm_cryptography_import_error():
+def test_plugin_simpepush_cryptography_import_error():
     """
     NotifySimplePush() Cryptography loading failure
     """
diff --git a/test/test_plugin_webex_teams.py b/test/test_plugin_webex_teams.py
index 4d239c61..bd71eede 100644
--- a/test/test_plugin_webex_teams.py
+++ b/test/test_plugin_webex_teams.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ apprise_url_tests = (
         # Our expected url(privacy=True) startswith() response:
         'privacy_url': 'wxteams://a...a/',
     }),
+    ('wxteams://?token={}'.format('a' * 80), {
+        # token provided - we're good
+        'instance': NotifyWebexTeams,
+
+        # Our expected url(privacy=True) startswith() response:
+        'privacy_url': 'wxteams://a...a/',
+    }),
     ('webex://{}'.format('a' * 140), {
         # token provided - we're good
         'instance': NotifyWebexTeams,