> The idea behind the lmail template subsystem which currently has been in
> place for well over 3 years, is that in a future release of lmail it will be
> possible to specify within the configuration file, exactly which mail
> templates you would like to use on a per backup configuration basis. It is
> important to work towards an easily editable the template script sub-system
> as I outlined above. However, this is not going to make it into the upcoming
> 0.9.8r2 release.
An experimental implementation of the per configuration mail tempting system
described above is part of the recently released LBackup 0.9.8r3-alpha5.
I will now outline how to enable custom mail templates.
First add the following line into your lmail configuration file :
enableCustomMailTemplates="YES"
If lmail detects this line within your lmail configuration, then it will search
within the LBackup configuration directory for a directory (or a symbolic link
to a directory) called "message_templates". If this directory exists, then
lmail will also check for the following template scripts :
- mail_error.sh
- mail_logerror_attachment.sh
- mail_standard.sh
- mail_standard_attachment.sh
If any of these components are not found, then the built in (default) mail
templates will be used to generate an email reports. However, if all of these
files located, then these custom mail templates will be used to generate the
email reports.
As such, a good way to get started with customizing your email templates is to
copy the built in LBackup mail templates :
"/usr/local/libexec/lbackup/message_templates" into your LBackup configuration
directory. Then you may edit the the copy you just made within your LBackup
configuration directory.
When you run lmail you should see a message which states that Custom mail
templates are enabled.
If you have any suggestions on how to improve the custom email template system
in this alpha release then reply to this message. Likewise, if you start using
this system and find that it is not offering you the flexibility you require
but are not sure how to improve the system then still let me know.
Keep in mind that this initial implementation is highly experimental. The way
this works may radically change within a future release of LBackup. As such, if
you enable custom mail templates then be aware that you will be compromising on
the reliability of email reporting. This is particularly true if you upgrade to
a newer version of LBackup in the future. You may find that your custom mail
scripts stop working or not even be accessed.
Feed back regarding this current approach will be elemental in deciding if this
is the way LBackup custom reporting moves forward.
Thank you for all your support this year and all the best for 2010.
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