Nick Smith wrote:
> I would like to know if backuppc has the ability to not only send an
> email if a backup hasn't complete in a set amount of time, but also
> when a backup is completed?
> If not, is it possible to submit a feature request?
> 
> I would really like to be able to email clients that there computers
> were successfully backed up each night.
> 
> I have yet to find a good way to go about doing this, ive tried the
> pre/post command, but it seems that they run even when a backup has
> failed.
> 
> Is there a good way to go about this?  What are others doing to accomplish 
> this?

Basically, if you send email every day you'll train the users to ignore 
it and they won't read it when they get the one that says that backups 
have failed for three days in a row either.

You could just email a link to the host summary page if you think they 
need it.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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