Advanced
You can select the types of events that will trigger the system to send notification messages as well as the medium (e-mail, SMS, mobile, and instant messaging programs) that will receive the messages.
Each of the events has its own default notification message, but you are also provided with the option to customize your own notification content by editing the notification message. Default message can be restored if you decide to discard your customized settings later.
- All notifications: As the name suggests, it includes all types of notification events.
- By Priority: Depending on the importance of notification events, they are filtered into two groups: Critical and Informative.
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Critical: Events that require you to take corrective action immediately belong to this group.
- Informative: Events which require no corrective action and aim to inform you of system's status change belong to this group.
- By Category: Depending on the nature of notification evnets, they are filtered into six groups: System, Internal storage, Backup and restoration, Power supply, USBCopy, External storage.
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System: Events relevant to system errors or changes belong to this group.
- Internal storage: Events relevant to internal storage belong to this group.
- Backup and restoration: Events relevant to backup and restoration tasks belong to this group.
- Power supply: Events relevant to power supply belong to this groups.
- USBCopy: Events relevant to USBCopy belong to this group.
- External storage: Events relevant to external storage belong to this group.
To select the types and medium of notification events:
- Select one group of events from the drop-down menu under the tabs. Events of the selected group will be displayed.
- Tick the checkbox(es) for each individual event to select the notification medium you prefer.
- Click Save to apply the settings.
To edit notification message:
- Select an event whose notification message you want to edit from the event list, and then click Edit Message.
- In the window that appears, type in the subject line and body content to customize the notification message, and then click Save to apply the changes.
- If you want to restore the default message of a notification after changes are saved, do the following:
- Select an event whose notification message you want to restore to default values from the event list, and then click Edit Message.
- In the window that appears, click Restore defaults and then Yes on the dialog prompt for confirmation.
Note: It is suggested that you reserve the string segments containing '%' in both the subject line and body content. They will be replaced with actual system information when a notification is sent.