> I do not plan to implement in ddrescue any mail client code. Using the
> unix toolbox philosophy I was thinking about someting like make ddrescue
> execute
>
> system( "echo <message> | mailx -s <subject> [email protected]" );
>
> and just provide the means to specify the email address and a pointer to
> the configuration documentation of mailx (or whatever email client
> used). BTW, the mailx command in my machine does not seem able to send
> emails to the outside world.
>
>
> ST wrote:
> > PS: such hooks could be used also for other stuff - like backing up the
> > so far rescued image to an sftp-server (just in case)...
>
> Working commands suitable for something like the system call above are
> welcome. ;-)
Don't limit ddrescue to mailx or whatever else. What if one wants to get
notified in other ways? - sms/whatsapp/etc..
Just do something like:
system(" /whatever/user/provides ");
all you need to do inside ddrescue is to call this system("..."); on the
right place (depending on user's input)...
You might want to configure Postfix to deliver emails:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-as-a-send-only-smtp-server-on-ubuntu-14-04
Thank you!
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