Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%

[Dale]

Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 17:44:48 +0100, Mick wrote:
>
>>> Install a simple forwarding MTA like ssmtp to have all mails from cron
>>> and friends sent to your ISP mailbox.
>> ... and when you find out please tell us:
>>
>> 1) What syntax is appropriate to allow the use of mail account passwds
>> which contain not just alphanumeric characters but also symbols like
>> [~@#$] ?
>>
>> 2) How can you force it to NOT use RC4 cipher when it logs into Google
>> Mail to relay messages, but the more secure ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
>> that the server proposes ?
> It's debatable whether either of those scenarios fall within the
> definition of "simple". If something that simple won't do what you want,
> and there are several to try: ssmtp, esmtp, nullmailer etc, then you may
> need to use the likes of Postfix - but for Dale's situation, a lightweight
> forwarder is better than not being able to monitor his system.
>
>


I have to say, I dread setting up a mail server about as bad as I dread
going to the Doctor.  It's just something I really don't want to add to
my system unless I have to.  It's sort of like the init thingy.  I don't
want to add something else that will eventually break and I'll have to
fix.  The mail system won't keep me from booting but it is just one more
thing to keep a eye on and make sure it is working.  So, making sure the
mail system is working will likely take up the same amount of time that
checking the drive manually every month or so will take.  The only good
part is, and this is the point you are making so well, even tho I had
other things going on, it would have been testing my drive and spit out
a error to get my attention.  Going back, the error has been there for a
while.  It would have been nice to know this before now.   Hindsight
again.  ;-)

What I really need to do, set up a RAID or some other backup method so
that even if this happens again, I don't risk losing anything.  Then
again, that will take time as well.  Also takes money.

From df -h:

Filesystem                 Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/home-home      2.7T  1.5T  1.3T  56% /home

Most of that is recorded TV shows, movies etc.  I also have some pics I
took with my camera that can't be replaced.  Those I backup to DVDs
pretty regular.  I use kbackup to tarball them and then burn them to
DVDs.  It works.  One set is outside the home in case of fire.  The
biggest thing is some of those shows would be hard to get again plus the
effort to get them as well.

Let's hope it lasts until at least tomorrow.  I bet it takes a while to
copy all that tho.  O_O

Thanks.

Dale

:-)  :-)