Setting up Acronis TrueImage Email Notification

  1. Download Blat for Windows (full). You must unzip it to c:\ for the batch file to work. Rename c:\blat222 (or whatever version it is) to c:\blat. If you aren't running Windows XP or later, you will need FreeZip to do this.
  2. Bring up a command prompt. Type the following :
    cd \blat\full
    And then :
    blat -install <SMTP server> <email address>
    Substitute the SMTP mail server for <SMTP server> and someone's email address for <email address>.
    e.g. blat -install webmail.halsys.com gthorne@halsys.com
    Close the command prompt.
  3. Create the scheduled task in Acronis TrueImage to perform the backup. Make sure the username the task runs under is an administrative account so the script runs correctly. Download the trueimagehandler.vbs file and put it in the C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImage directory. This is the Acronis TrueImage email notification script.
  4. Open trueimagehandler.vbs in Notepad and change
    strMailServer to the SMTP mail server
    strMailSender to the sender's email address
    strMailRecipient to the recipient's email address
    Save and exit.
  5. Add a scheduled task that runs C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImage\trueimagehandler.vbs some time after the TrueImage backup.
  6. To test the notification, run the scheduled task and see if you receive an email message. If you don't, start Notepad and open the C:\Program Files\Acronis\TrueImage\trueimagehandler.log file to see if blat logged any errors.

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This page last modified on March 1, 2004 by Gary Thorne