First, Sendmail is off by default with Amahi installed. You will need to enable it, so do the following as '''root''' user ('''NOTE:''' Skip if using Postfix):

If you prefer to have alerts sent to an email address outside your HDA, try one of the following tutorials:

* [[Enable_Outgoing_Emails|Enable Outgoing Emails]]

This may already be installed in your system. If not, as '''root''' user do:

smartmontools comes with two programs; smartctl which is meant for interactive use and smartd which continuously monitors S.M.A.R.T.

You can do a quick test to see if it recognizes your drives (replace /dev/sda by the drive(s) present on your system):

To setup smartd to monitor your system automatically, edit the file '''/etc/smartd.conf''' and check for a line that begins with ''DEVICESCAN''. Comment it out by adding a ‘#’ to the beginning of the line something like this:

Add the following line to /etc/smartd.conf:

This an example from the config file:

Start the daemon with:

To enable start on boot:

You can read local mail sent to root using [http://www.amahi.org/apps/webmin Webmin].

'''NOTE:''' You will receive a test email each day or so, one for each drive you identify to be monitored.