Backuppc is configured to send email for all hosts to one gmail account.  All 
email sent to the attention of the administrator as well as each host's email 
is sent to the <foo>@gmail.com account.  That is to say, the USER field is set 
to <foo>@gmail.com for ALL 20 of the hosts.  This was a decision we made to 
avoid nagging our clients too much.  

The following emails have successfully come through to the gmail account:
* Test emails
* Administrative attention needed for "bogus" directories
* No backups of <hostname> have succeeded - for hosts that have NEVER ONCE 
succeeded. 

The problem arises when backups have been delayed for a client.  There is one 
client that is rarely on the network.  It has been about 16 days since the last 
time it was backed up.  Backups happen when it is attached to the network, but 
I have never received an email from this client indicating that it has been 
more than 3 days since the last backup.  

On that host's summary page I see the following:

    * This PC is used by esybackup AT gmail DOT com (and michalski).
    * Last email sent to esybackup AT gmail DOT com was at 8/24 01:01, subject 
"BackupPC: no recent backups on a82f06-michalsk".
    * Last status is state "idle" (no ping) as of 8/26 07:00.
    * Last error is "host not found".
    * Pings to a82f06-michalsk have failed 170 consecutive times. 

I have EMailNotifyMinDays 2.5 set so I should be getting an email about every 3 
days indicating a problem.  If I look at the email summary page I see the 
following:

Recipient: esybackup AT gmail DOT com 
Host: a82f06-michalsk
Time: 8/24 01:01
Subject: BackupPC: no recent backups on a82f06-michalsk
                
This indicates to me that the checking subsystem is working properly and that, 
in general, the email system is working properly.  The problem appears to be 
with only the delayed backup emails.  What might be causing this problem?  
Where should I start looking for the source of this problem?  

Thanks for your help!

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