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developer:email_reporting [2010/02/11 03:27]
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developer:email_reporting [2010/02/11 03:29]
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 ===== When are Emails Sent ===== ===== When are Emails Sent =====
-Currently there a variety of situations when emails are not sent. Perhaps a configuration ​option should be set. At present ​emails are only sent out if the backup has actually started. If a machine is not available for backup then this will not generate an email report. For automated notifications regarding these situations you should schedule the lmail program at a specific interval to report the status of the backups.+Currently there a variety of situations when emails are not sent. With the default LBackup example ​configuration emails are only sent out if the backup has actually started. If a machine is not available for backup then this will not generate an email report. For automated notifications regarding these situations you should schedule the lmail program at a specific interval to report the status of the backups. Another possibility is to enable more verbose email reporting within the LBackup configuration file.
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 ===== Email Locking ===== ===== Email Locking =====
  
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 ==== Email Reporting on Every Backup Run ==== ==== Email Reporting on Every Backup Run ====
 There is a configuration option which you may set so that every time a backup configuration is executed an email is sent out regardless of the success or failure of the backup. Please examine the example lbackup configuration included in the ''/​lbackup''​ directory. There is a configuration option which you may set so that every time a backup configuration is executed an email is sent out regardless of the success or failure of the backup. Please examine the example lbackup configuration included in the ''/​lbackup''​ directory.
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