# How to send email notifications when an illegal computer is detected When an illegal computer is detected, QLM creates a record of that detection in the system. You can read more about illegal computers [here](https://docs.soraco.co/docs/how-to/fraud-detection-illegal-computers-and-activation-attempts). This article describes 2 approaches to deal with illegal computers: * Send yourself (the vendor) an email notification when an illegal computer is detected * Send the customer a notification when an illegal computer is detected. ### How to send yourself an email report of illegal computers **Create a search** * Launch the QLM Management Console * Go to the Manage Keys tab * Click the Search drop down and select Edit searches * Create a new search as follows (the search should already exist): * Name: Alert Illegal Computer * Table: Illegal Computers * SQL: LastAccessedDate > \[date] and LastAccessedDate > '2024-04-29 4:00 PM' (the hard coded date here is required to avoid sending an email to all customers already in the Illegal Computers table - change to hard coded date to today's date) **Create a Scheduled Task** * Launch the QLM Management Console * Go to the Manage Keys tab * Click Scheduled Tasks * Create a new scheduled task as follows: * Name: Illegal Computer Report * License Server: \ * Search: Illegal Computers * Run Every: 1 Day * Send Mail To: \ * CC: \ * Subject: Illegal Computers Report * Emai Template: Vendor.IllegalComputersReport With the setup above, you will receive a daily report of all detected illegal computers. ### How to send your customer a notification when an illegal computer is detected **Create a search** * Launch the QLM Management Console * Go to the Manage Keys tab * Click the Search drop down and select Edit searches * Create a new search as follows (the search should already exist): * Name: Alert Illegal Computer * Table: Illegal Computers * SQL LastAccessedDate > \[date] and LastAccessedDate > '2024-04-29 4:00 PM' (the hard code date here is required to avoid sending an email to all customers already in the Illegal Computers table - change to hard coded date to today's date) **Create a Scheduled Task** * Launch the QLM Management Console * Go to the Manage Keys tab * Click Scheduled Tasks * Create a new scheduled task as follows: * Name: Illegal Computer Per Customer * License Server: \ * Search: Illegal Computers * Run Every: 1 Day * Send Mail To: Customer (for testing purposes, you may want to set this after your tests are completed) * CC: \ * Subject: Illegal Computer * Emai Template: Customer.IllegalComputer With the setup above, your customer will receive a daily notification of all detected illegal computers.