WINDOWS BACKUP SOFTWARE TO GMAIL INSTRUCTIONS:
Configuration Flags
Source Directories
The source directory for the backup.Destination Directory
windows backup software to gmail will automatically compress the source directory and put the archive to this directory before sending it to Emails.Email Filter
Used in the Subject of the email. It can be helpful in setting up a filter on Gmail . the default value is [backup]Email From
The sender of the email message. The default value is “myname@gmail.com”Email To
The receiver of the email message. e.g. myname@gmail.com
Multi receivers separated by,myname@gmail.com,myname@yahoo.comGmail Username
The username to authenticate with Gmail smtp server. For most cases, it is same as EmailFrom address.Gmail Password
The password for the SmtpUserScan Sub Directories
Set this to true if you would like to include sub directories.Directory Name In Subject
Include the directory information into Email subject to distinguish between same name files in different directories
How do I backup certain files only:
You can include this option several times ( separated by | ) to specify specific patterns which are to be included in the file path. Once you specify one pattern you exclude all files not matching at least one of the patterns. The case be useful for restricting the types of files to be backup..
Wildcard match syntax:
| * | Matches 0 or more instances of any character. For example, setting for *comp*.txt finds .txt files name containing any word starting with the letters comp, such as computer, company, or comptroller. |
| ? | Matches exactly one instances of any character. For example, setting for *t?p* matches any of the files path include tap, tip, and top. |
| [chars] | Matches one instance of any character that appears between the brackets. |
| [!chars] | Matches one instance of any character that does not appear between the brackets after the exclamation mark. |
| | | Separator |
Example:
| *.txt | Backup .txt files only. |
| *.txt|*.htm | Backup .txt and .htm files only. |
How do I exclude certain files:
You can include this option several times (separated by | ) to specify specific patterns which are to be excluded from the file path.
Example:
| *.txt | Exclude .txt files. |
| *.txt|*.htm | Exclude .txt and .htm files |
| *\test\*|*\temp\* | Exclude test folder and temp folder |
