[GH-ISSUE #653] Ping by email: grep in body not only in subject #471

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opened 2026-02-25 23:42:34 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-02-25 23:42:34 +03:00

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Originally created by @synapse0 on GitHub (May 16, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/issues/653

Hello,

Veritas System Recovery is a backup software for windows servers. When configured to send email on backup success (no option to execute external commands to ping healthchecks), it sends a ZILLION emails all with the same subject line.

In my case, it sends 81 separate emails with the same exact subject line, but different bodies, to say:

1 email to say backup started
1 email to say backup completed without errors
79 emails to say "Recovery point deleted to comply with the number of recovery points to save for each drive"

The status code is in the body:

6C8F1F65 means backup started
6C8F1FF2 means backup completed without errors
6C8F043D means old recovery points deleted
(https://sort.veritas.com/DocPortal/pdf/VSR_ErrorCodesReferenceGuide)

All these messages are in the same class ("high priority information") so it's all or nothing.

As a longtime programmer and linux sysadmin, I am speechless in front of the idiocy of the Veritas System Recovery sotware (which also cost 1k/server!)

The option to grep not only in the subject line but also in the body of the email message would be a big help in trying to monitor these kind of backups.

Thanks!

Originally created by @synapse0 on GitHub (May 16, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/issues/653 Hello, Veritas System Recovery is a backup software for windows servers. When configured to send email on backup success (no option to execute external commands to ping healthchecks), it sends a ZILLION emails all with the same subject line. In my case, it sends 81 separate emails with the same exact subject line, but different bodies, to say: - 1 email to say backup started - 1 email to say backup completed without errors - 79 emails to say "Recovery point deleted to comply with the number of recovery points to save for each drive" The status code is in the body: - 6C8F1F65 means backup started - 6C8F1FF2 means backup completed without errors - 6C8F043D means old recovery points deleted (https://sort.veritas.com/DocPortal/pdf/VSR_ErrorCodesReferenceGuide) All these messages are in the same class ("high priority information") so it's all or nothing. As a longtime programmer and linux sysadmin, I am speechless in front of the idiocy of the Veritas System Recovery sotware (which also cost 1k/server!) The option to grep not only in the subject line but also in the body of the email message would be a big help in trying to monitor these kind of backups. Thanks!