---
name: "script-email"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "amanda-common"
version: "1:3.5.4-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/script-email"
---

# script-email(8)

Amanda script to send email notifications

## NAME

script-email - Amanda script to send email notifications

## DESCRIPTION

script-email is an Amanda script implementing the Script API. It should not be run by users directly. It sends a notification email to the addresses specified in the MAILTO property.

## PROPERTIES

This section lists the properties that control script-email's functionality. See [**amanda-scripts**(7)](/amanda-scripts/7.md) for information on the Script API, script configuration.

MAILTO

List of email addresses that will receive an email on command execution. It is a multi-valued property:

```
  property "MAILTO" "amanda@domain.com" "sysadmin@domain.com" "amandauser@domain.com"
```

## EXAMPLE

In this example, script-email is scheduled to be run before the DLE, on the server.  The unqualified email address *amanda* will be passed to the email system unchanged.  The script is then attached to a dumptype, which can then be specified for any DLEs which require notification.

```
 define script-tool pre-email {
   comment "email me before this DLE is backed up"
   plugin  "script-email"
   execute-on pre-dle-backup
   execute-where server
   property "mailto" "amanda"
 }
 define dumptype user-tar-email {
   user-tar
   script "pre-email"
 }
```

## SEE ALSO

[**amanda**(8)](/amanda/8.md), [**amanda.conf**(5)](/amanda.conf/5.md), [**amanda-client.conf**(5)](/amanda-client.conf/5.md), [**amanda-scripts**(7)](/amanda-scripts/7.md)

The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/

## AUTHORS

**Jean-Louis Martineau** \<martineau@zmanda.com\>

Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)

**Dustin J. Mitchell** \<dustin@zmanda.com\>

Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com)