Re: [BackupPC-users] EMail question

[Leif Gunnar Einmo]

Doug wrote ...... > Leif Gunnar Einmo wrote: >> Hey everybody !! >>  I'm working on a of-site backupsystem an have the BackupPc doing the >> work just nice :o)) >> I have 3 diferent WinXX clients that are beeing backed up nightly with, >> and each client having different email adresses. I wont to have a nightly >> e-mail to each client backed up and are a strugeling a bit there :( >>  Hoping anyone can help here point me in the direction ... > > Leif, > > I use BackupPC's DumpPostUserCmd to run a script after a backup: > > $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd}    = '/usr/local/bin/sendmailend.sh $user $xferOK > $host $type'; > > My script called sendmailend.sh: > > #!/bin/sh > > ### If $2 is a 1, backup completed. > > varDate=`date` > if [ $2 = 1 ] > then >   /usr/local/bin/postie -gmt -host:smtp.epiinc.com -to:$1 -from:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >  -s:'Backup completion' -a:/backupdata/conf/messageend.txt -nomsg >   /bin/echo $varDate 'Exit code:(' $2 ') Completion E-mail sent to:(' > $1' )' >>/backupdata/conf/log.txt > else >   /bin/echo $varDate 'Exit code:(' $2 ') Asset Tag:(' $3')  E-Mail:(' > $1' )' >>/backupdata/conf/log.txt > fi > > The script uses the freely available postie program to send the mail.  The > attachment "messageend.txt" is an HTML formated file that I created with > Mozilla telling the end user a little about the system. > > Hope this helps, > > Doug > Thanks Doug :o) I have the postie installed and working now. Could you also send the messageend.txt file, so i have some ideas for starters. Not so strong in scripting yet, but learning :o)) Thanks Leif Gunnar