Gmail, eh? My first thought is that you might be running afoul of gmail's
spam filters, so the first thing to check is that the mails are actually
going out.
> 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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