[Box Backup-dev] Re: [Box Backup] ChrisMerge_1828

[Chris Wilson]

Hi James,

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Chris Wilson wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, James O'Gorman wrote:
>
>>  OK, attached is a script that should hopefully do the same as the current
>>  shell script.
>>
>>  The only difference is that if the SMTP service is not installed on the
>>  box, you need to uncomment the four lines near the bottom and set the smtp
>>  server.
>
> Thanks for that! Out of interest, would it be possible to detect the lack of 
> a working SMTP service and log an error in the Event Log? Would probably save 
> people some head-scratching.

Also, would it be possible to detect the hostname in some way rather than 
hard-coding "starbug.netinertia.co.uk" :-)

Cheers, Chris.
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