WINDOWS NT backup (W2K)

[Takavengwa]

Hi Guys
I would like to set up a script that sends an email to my account when backup is completed ,Iam using windows nt backup which does not have the functionality by default,any help will be appreciated

[Brf]

Well.... Script itself cannot send an EMail message. You have to use an application to do that, such as Outlook.

I am not sure how to do it in WScript, but in VBscript you can do it like this:

set outl=CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
set mmess=outl.createitem(0)
mmess.recipients.add("yourname@yourcompany")
mmess.subject="Backup is Done"
mmess.body="Hey... The backup is done"
mmess.send

The problem is that with so many viruses sending EMails, Windows Security will popup a box when you try to create the Outlook.Application object.

[Takavengwa]

Thanks man for the contribution ,much appreciated.I have a further question however ,is it possible to attach a log file to the e-mail using the script so that its possible to check whether the backup has failed or succeeded.thanks again in advance,sorry iam a bit of a newbie at scripting

[Brf]

mmess.attachments.add("filename",,,)