Data Recovery and Disk Utilities Forum @R-TT

Here's how to set up r-drive image to send mail to a gmail account when a task completes.

For a task, under options->Notifications

Server: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587
SSL: Auto
Sender: R-Drive Image 7.2 <freddy@gmail.com> (use your gmail user id not "freddy")
Recipient list: freddy@gmail.com
Custom ...

Do those settings shown on that page work?

I know what fields need to be filled in, but I don't know what specify server, etc to use.

I'd like r-drive to send me email notifications to my gmail account about the result of a backup task.

Does anyone know what the email notification settings should be, like server, Port, SSL, and sender?

Many thanks!

If there has been no changes to a partition since its last backup, does R-drive not log any message in the log file?

I ask because I've set r-drive up to wake up my computer and back up my critical data partition every night. The log file shows it's skipping days, but I suspect it's because there ...