How do I create a Threshold Notification?
Article ID#:
6886
Creation Date:
Mar-05-2008
Updated Last:
Mar-05-2008

Summary: Use the Threshold Notification feature to manage automated quota notification messages.

Keywords: 6886, Windows, threshold, notification, email, server, disk, quota, sql, express, settings, management
Description: a description goes here


Note: This article describes features associated with Windows plans. Some features are not available for all accounts, and may appear differently in your Control Panel interface. If you want to use this feature but do not have it, please call sales.

To Manage Threshold Notifications:

The following steps assume that you have accessed your Control Panel. For information about accessing your Control Panel, go to How do I access my Control Panel?

  1. From your Hosting Control Panel, click Threshold Notification. The Threshold Notifications window appears.
  2. Select the notification type you want. These are:
    • Disk Quota: Notifies if the disk space for your account is above the usage you specify.
    • SQL Server Quota: Notifies if a SQL Server database is above the usage you specify.
    • SQL Express Quota: Notifies if a SQL Express database is above the usage you specify.
    • Email Server Disk Quota: (VPS Email Server accounts only) Notifies if the disk space for your VPS Email Server is above the usage you specify.
  3. Select the Quota Threshold Notification Settings you want. These are:
    • DO NOT Notify on X: Does not send an email notification.
    • Notify on X: Sends an email notification. Click to access the configuration settings below.
      • Notify When Usage Exceeds: Type the percentage you want your disk quota to exceed before sending an email notification.
      • Message Subject: Type the subject you want for the email notification.
      • X Quota Warning Message: Type the message you want for the email notification. Our default email notification contains variables that add specific information about the account. If you want to change the message, we suggest saving a copy of the default text first.

    Quota Warning Message Variables: Use the following variables to add specific information about the account in the Quota Warning Message:

    • $u: User ID
    • $d: Domain
    • $dq: Allowable Quota in MB
    • $du: Current Usage in MB
    • $du%: Current Usage vs. Quota Percentage
  4. Select the Email Notification Settings you want. These are:
    • Email "From:" Address: Type the Email address you want the email notification to be from.
    • Email "To:" Address: Type the Email address you want the email notification to be sent to.
    • Send Test Message: Click to send a test email notification.
  5. Click Update Notification Settings to save your Threshold Notification settings. The Threshold Notifications window refreshes with a confirmation message.

Back to top ^