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monitor a disk drive in linux using smartd and send reports with email
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howto_smartd.txt
In /etc/smartd.conf, add a line like this before the line with DEVICESCAN in it:
/dev/sda -m your_email@domain.com -M test
The "-M test" says to send an email when smartd starts (in order to test the
email channel).
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