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

[Chris Wilson]

Hi James,

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, James O'Gorman wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:42:00PM +0100, Chris Wilson wrote:
>>  Thanks for that! One more question, if I may: I'm not sure that this script
>>  writes an error message to the system event log if sending the mail fails.
>>  Is that possible, does it do it, and if so where or how?
>
> OK, it's easier than I thought. How about something like this?
>
> rc = objEmail.Send
> If rc Then
> 	WshShell.LogEvent EVENT_INFO, "Notification sent to " & sendto & "."
> Else
> 	WshShell.LogEvent EVENT_ERROR, "Failed to send notification to " & sendto & "."
> End If
>
> I couldn't decide whether to make the fact that it actually sent the
> mail an information message or a warning - what do you think? Feel free
> to make suggestions for the actual messages as well.

Looks great to me. Maybe worth sending the details of the message type to 
the log as well?

Also, I reckon it should be:

* an error if the message was not sent; otherwise
* nothing if the message was "backup-start" or "backup-finish"; or
* a warning otherwise.

Cheers, Chris.
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