The following can be pasted into your terminal. Just edit the appropriate fields and you are ready to go.
/ tool e-mail set server=1.2.3.4 from="you@somewhere.comt" /system script add name=ebackup policy=ftp,reboot,read,write,policy,test,winbox,password,sniff source="/\ system backup save name=([/system identity get name] . \"-\" . \\\r\ \n[:pick [/system clock get date] 7 11] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] . [:pi\ ck [/system clock get date] 4 6]); \\\r\ \n/tool e-mail send to=\"YOU@SOMEWHERE.com\" subject=([/system identity get name\ ] . \" Backup \" . \\\r\ \n[/system clock get date]) file=([/system identity get name] . \"-\" . [:pick [/syst\ em clock get date] 7 11] . \\\r\ \n[:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 4 6] . \".ba\ ckup\");:delay 10; \\\r\ \n/file rem [/file find name=([/system identity get name] . \"-\" . [:pick [/system c\ lock get date] 7 11] . \\\r\ \n[:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 4 6] . \".ba\ ckup\")]; \\\r\ \n:log info (\"System Backup emailed at \" . [/sys cl get time] . \" \" . [/sys cl ge\ t date])" /system scheduler add comment="" disabled=no interval=1w name=sched_backup_mail on-event=\ ebackup start-date=jan/01/1970 start-time=07:30:00If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

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