Re: Custom balance alert notifications

[jerry <jerry@tr2.com>]

Well,

   I've solved my email woes.  I think.  I have successfully installed
and enabled SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and TLS.  So I'll be ready to start a new
Tarsnap account.  The problem with incoming mail was a badly implemented
fail2ban filter.  For now, I just deleted it.

  Here's a feature request though.  Nothing to do with billing.

  I'd like to be able to specify a lifetime for each archive.  I really
have no interest in being able to reconstitute a machine from 10 years 
ago.

  Could probably do it on this end - just have my backup task maintain a
database of archives with their dates and names, and auto delete any one
that's older than a couple of years.

  Not really interested in paper invoices.  I detest paper.  Have way 
too
much of it already.  In fact, tarsnap is part of my general "eliminate 
paper"
strategy.

              - JerryK


On 2024-03-09 10:58, Graham Percival wrote:
> At the moment, all Canadians receive invoices (which include balance
> notifications) once a month.  Non-Canadians can receive them upon
> request (although a physical mailing address is required for the
> invoice).
> https://www.tarsnap.com/faq.html#monthly-invoices
>
> I know that this isn't exactly what you're requesting, but at least the
> monthly invoices are something that's already in place.
>
> (Albeit at the cost of sending Colin an email, and providing a physical
> mailing address.  Also, a single item halfway down the FAQ page might
> not be the easiest way to discover this option.)
>
> Cheers,
> - Graham
>
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 07:46:45AM -0600, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
> > New Feature request,  (Followup to "Tarsnap died" thread)
> >
> > Consider adding a "Balance Alert" tab
> >
> > Accounts -> Manage account -> Balance Alert
> >
> > -=-=-=-
> >
> > Balance Alert notifications sent to "user@domain.tld":
> >
> > o- Only when balance is low or negative (default)
> >
> > o  Additional balance notifications once per year
> >
> > o  Additional balance notifications once per month
> >
> > -=-=-=-
> >
> > Notes:
> >
> > 1. The definition of "year" and "month" could be based on account 
> > creation date as t=0.
> >
> > 2. A { Test Alert Now } button, or "Send balance notification within 
> > 24 hours" checkbox, would also be useful.
> >
> > 3. Big-tech email systems are constantly adding requirements for email 
> > to land in the inbox, (ex: require SPF and DKIM headers).  So being 
> > able to know if Tarsnap alert emails are being received would be 
> > useful.
> >
> >
> > Lonnie