File Blocking Notifications

The following explains the steps required to configure file blocking notifications:

On the left menu, click File Blocking. The File Blocking screen appears.
For MOSS 2007/WSS 3 continue the steps. For MOSS 2010/WSS 4, click an existing policy and continue the steps. To add a new policy, see About File Blocking.

Click the Notification tab.
Under People to notify, select Notify administrator to enable file blocking notifications.
Under People to notify, click Show details and configure the following:
To—the global email address(es) appear in this field. You can enter additional email addresses, separated by a semicolon (;) to create unique notifications.
Subject—type a subject that will appear in the subject line of the email (for example: File Blocking Notification).
Message—you can create a unique message using variables like: [Server Name], [File Blocking Rules], [Date], [Time], [File Name], [File Location], [Action], and [Violator].
The available variables appear in the left window, and the message body in the right window.

Under Settings, choose the delivery options for this notification according to the following:
Send consolidated notifications every [xx] [hours or days]—select this option to send a notification according to the number of hours or days you type in the variable field.
Send consolidate notifications every [xx] occurrences—select this option to send a notification after a certain number of occurrences as you stipulate in the variable field.
Send individual notifications—select this option to send a notification each time an event occurs.

Under Advanced Notification (SNMP), select SNMP to enable this option.
Click Show details to expand the options, and configure according to the following:
IP Address
Community
Message

Select Write to Windows event log to write each notification to the Windows event log.
Click Save.