Title: [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Send backup files by eamil Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Send backup files by eamil * Resolved [simul1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simul1/) * (@simul1) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/) * Hi, I have been using Bakcupwordpress 0.4.5 for many months. I was very satisfied with the backup functions and, most of all, with the option to send backup files by email. Unluckily I see that this option is missing in the new versions of the plugin. * Are you planning to restore this option? I guess it would be really useful for most of us. * Regards Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2029872) * Hi Simul, * Many thanks for using the BackUpWordPress plugin and for your feedback, I did remove the option in the current version as I wanted to strip out all non-essential functionality and focus on making the core feature (backing up) as robust as possible. * There is a definite possibility that I’ll bring sending backup files over email back at some point in the future. * Thread Starter [simul1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simul1/) * (@simul1) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2029873) * Hi Tom, * thank you for your prompt answer. So… I will look forward to see this functionality back. * I think that email sending is a good way to obtain an automatic “delocalization” of backup sets. In fact, if the administrator of the wordpress site forgets to download backup sets manually and a major failure occurs in the web server, all data could be lost. * Thank you again! * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2029875) * Hi Simul, * I totally agree, “de-localisation” is very important for backups and email would be the easiest way to enable it. * I also want to find a good solution for users whos backup files are too large to email which is often the case. * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030179) * Hi, Tom. * Any news on adding the e-mail config (and other) options to the plugin interface? * Manually adding plugin configuration info to the wp-config.php is really keeping me from upgrading, as that info would be lost after each and every WordPress update. * Thanks for your efforts. * Alfonso * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030180) * Hi Alfonso, * We have it working internally but not in a form thats ready to be released. * However, updating WordPress won’t overwrite your wp-config.php so it’s perfectly safe to define your constants in there and upgrade. * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030181) * You are right, the Codex clearly says so… Maybe I was just suffering flashbacks from the time when I updated WP using Fantastico in cPanel 😛 * Is there a launch date already set for the new interface? * Cheers * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030192) * Any news on sending backups by email automatically, Tom? * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030193) * I added the functionality a couple of versions back, click advanced options and you’ll see. * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030194) * Didn’t see it 🙁 Thanks for pointing it out. * I have it working now and it mailed a 6mb backup OK. * With the old plugin we could also set a maximum file size for emailed backups. It was a great feature to avoid sending emails that would bounce at the mail server. * Is this other functionality there and I missed it, too? Or is it planned at least? * Cheers * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030195) * You will see a warning in your admin if your backup is too large to email. * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030196) * My mail server can send/receive attachments of up to 50mb, yet Gmail (25mb) and others have a much smaller limit. So “too large to email” varies depending on the email address you are mailing backups to. * Can you point me to where that maximum value is set? * Plugin Author [Tom Willmot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willmot/) * (@willmot) * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030197) * There is no maximum size set, it just tries to send and if it fails at the sending then it shows an error. * If your backups are too big to email then whats the point of having the setting turned on? * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030209) * -disregard this- * [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * (@idearius) * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030210) * -disregard this- Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: BackUpWordPress] Send backup files by eamil’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/backupwordpress/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1105225) * [BackUpWordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/backupwordpress/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/backupwordpress/reviews/) * 14 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [idearius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idearius/) * Last activity: [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backupwordpress-send-backup-files-by-eamil/#post-2030210) * Status: resolved