Define devices to monitor for notifications. Groups can consist of devices,

[berb]

I want to receive only device down/up notifications via email but I am receiving all critical alerts for the devices I am monitoring.

I want only up down emails for the device itself not interfaces

Assume I am setting up the groups and email correctly.

[htarra]

In this case you need to set the alerts correctly.

for eg: if you st the system to log sev 3 messages, it will start logging messages from sev 1 - 3

You need to configure your network management device to recieve accordingly.