SMS & Email Quota Per Application
You can set notification limits per application or at the server level, to prevent unexpected behaviours and avoid spamming.
- The limit is turned off by default.
- If the quota is exceeded, an email is sent to the address specified. If no email is specified, the default Site Admin user email is set by default.
Notification Limits Per Application
You can limit the total number of Emails/SMS sent from an application. These are the general Email/SMS notifications (generated by event rules).
1. Log in to Main Menu > Site Admin > Applications > Manage Applications > (choose an application)
2. Go to the Properties section.
3. Enable Email/SMS limits and enter a desired number. This is the general SMS notification limit for the event rule SMS notifications.
4. Click on Save.
Notification Limits at the Server Level
The following features are accessible under Main Menu (≡) > Site Admin > Account Settings > Email Providers/SMS Providers.
These limits are set on different conditions than the ones in the Manage Applications (notification limits per application), such as per hour per email address (or per hour per phone number, for SMS) and per hour per device and notifier.
General email
You can set the number of emails per hour that are allowed to be sent to one email address. The default is 30. If more than 30 are sent, no more emails will be sent for one hour. GpsGate will also send a notification to the administrator's email address with the information.
Device-generated notifications
You can set a limit on the number of emails per hour that are generated from the same device and the same event rule (email notifications). If more than the specified limit is sent, no more emails will be sent for one hour. The email specified will get the alert when the limit is reached.
SMS
General SMS limits
You can set the number of SMS per hour that are allowed to be sent to one phone number. The default is 10. If more than 10 SMS messages are sent, no more SMS messages will be sent for one hour. This applies to the SMS commands (direct/custom) sent to the device. When the limit is reached, the email specified will not get any alert; instead, you can see an error message in the terminal window, as highlighted below.
SMS notification limits
You can set a limit on the number of SMS per hour that are generated from the same device and the same event rule (sms notifications). If more than the specified limit is sent, no more SMS messages will be sent for one hour. The email specified will get the alert when the limit is reached.
Note: The notification limits per application and the notification limits at the server level are set on different conditions, and the server level notifications do not override the application level notifications.
Setting limits to multiple applications
1. Log in to Site Admin (Legacy) > Applications.
2. Go to Batch Edit (left menu).
3. Select Edit Properties. Click Next.
4. Set Quotas. Click Next.
5. Select Applications. Click Next.
6. Execute.