> 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
> Code:
> 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!


Update:

BackupPC sent an email this morning for the system in question.  The mail was 
for a system that has had 16.5 days since its last backup.  Is there a setting 
that I'm missing?  Or is this controlled only by EMailNotifyMinDays?  From my 
understanding of the documents, the email should come after 3 days of no 
backups.  Any ideas what's going on?

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