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Notification Manager
SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager can send out e-mail notifications to users controlled by quotas. The notifications are sent automatically when a specific event occurs, for example when a user has used up his/her quota. Before you setup notifications, enable this feature in the SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager's options and fill the appropriate parameters for sending mail.
Once the notifications have been enabled, you can proceed and define a new notification. There are the following types of notifications that can be configured:
- Transfer Rate Limit Change - send an e-mail whenever a transfer rate assigned to the rule changes as a result of gradual quota usage. This notification can be assigned to a rule linked with a smooth quota, i.e. a quota whose data transfer rate changes gradually as it is consumed. For example, if a user is assigned a quota of 100 MB and the user's rule is assigned this notification, the user will be sent several e-mails as the quota is being consumed, approximately an e-mail message every 10 MB consumed.
- Quota exceeded - send an e-mail when the rule has used up an assigned quota. This notification can be assigned to any rule with a quota.
- Quota reset - send an e-mail when a quota assigned to the rule has been reset. Likewise this notification can be assigned to any rule with a quota.
In order to create a notification, Tools - Notifications from the main menu and then New.
You can use the following tags in the e-mail template
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| {OLD_RATE} | Old transfer rate that was in effect before. |
| {NEW_RATE} | New transfer rate assigned to the rule. |
| {OLD_RATE_BIT} | Same as OLD_RATE but in bits per second. |
| {NEW_RATE_BIT} | Same as NEW_RATE but in bits per second. |
| {QUOTA_TOTAL} | Quota allowance |
| {QUOTA_USED} | Used amount of the quota. |
| {QUOTA_LEFT} | Remaining amount of the quota. |
| {WEBSTATS_PATH} | Path to usage web-report. This makes a clickable URL in the e-mail which lets the user see his/her usage stats. This tag must follow the server name, e.g. http://192.168.0.1/{WEBSTATS_PATH} |
Once a notification has been created, you need to add a quota.
Finally, you need to link a rule with both the quota and notification, and also specify a user's e-mail which the notifications will be sent to. A rule may have multiple notifications assigned.
As a result, the user will be getting an e-mail based on the template whenever his/her quota is used up.