Backup completes but fails to send email (emails send OK with -F test)

[jimwsmith]

At the end of my logfile I get

20260514-202816 DBG 3788:      <-- finalCommand 
20260514-202816 DBG 5548:      --- Terminate now with rc 0
--- RBK0017I: Backup finished successfully
--- RBK0010I: @HOSTNAME@: raspiBackup.sh V0.7.2 - 2026-04-25 (e1a8ed1) stopped at Thu 14 May 20:28:16 BST 2026 with rc 0
--- RBK0357I: No notification and eMail sent. Use option -F to test them.
20260514-202816 DBG 5288:      --- Masquerading eMail
20260514-202816 DBG 5297:      --- Masquerading sender eMail
20260514-202816 DBG 5314:      --- Masquerading some mount options
20260514-202816 DBG 5369:      --- Masquerading home directory name
20260514-202816 DBG 5374:      --- Masquerading hostname
20260514-202816 DBG 5380:      --- Masquerading sensitive non local IPs
20260514-202816 DBG 2350:      --> logFinish

the raspibackup.msg has been created ready to send

I cannot find any documentation of RBK0357I to explain what is going wrong.
I'm using msmtp which tests OK from command line and running a backup with -F also successfully send an email.

[framps]

I cannot find any documentation of RBK0357I to explain what is going wrong.

That's a brand new message and I'll add a description in the doc. As long as you invoke raspiBackup on the commandline an eMail is not sent - unless you use option -F - because all messages are written on your console. But if raspiBackup is called in the background notifications and an eMail is sent.

[jimwsmith]

OK thanks - so how do I run it in the background then to test it?
Apologies, I'm new to Pi and trying to get to grips with backup and restore

[framps]

Here it is - the message explanation 😆

[framps]

Just use raspiBackupInstallUI and configure a regular backup (C9) which will run in the background. Configure current weekday and current time + 2 minutes and wait 2 minutes 😃