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diff --git a/beam.conf b/beam.conf
index ea6c133..f18299d 100644
--- a/beam.conf
+++ b/beam.conf
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ backup_items="dbdump system"
#
# fs back up a file system
# postgres back up a postgres database
+# mysql backu up a mysql database
#
# You may define additional types, if you need. To do so, create an executable
-# file named <type>.sh in the directory @LIBDIR@/backup. See backup_type(5),
-# for a detailed description.
+# file named <type>.sh in the directory @LIBDIR@/beam.
#
# Dump Postgres database "mydb".
@@ -135,4 +135,56 @@ system_dir="/"
system_files="etc var/spool"
+##########################################################################
+# Mail notification setup.
+#
+# Apart from usual logging, backup reports can be sent via email. To
+# enable this, define the variable "backup_notify_email" to the list
+# of emails that should receive the reports. Separate multiple addresses
+# with commas.
+#
+# A set of variables is provided to customize report headers and contents.
+##########################################################################
+
+# Comma-separated list of emails to send backup reports to. If emply,
+# mail notifications are not sent.
+backup_notify_email=
+
+# Sender email address. Backup reports will appear to be sent from this
+# address. The default value is root@$(hostname).
+# If set, this variable must contain a single email address, without
+# personal part or comments, e.g.
+# backup_sender_email=root@example.com
+backup_sender_email=
+
+# You can supply personal part of the sender email using this variable.
+# The personal part will be enclosed in double quotes and prepended to
+# the value of $backup_sender_email to form a valid RFC-2822 From header.
+# For example, if you have:
+# backup_sender_email=root@example.com
+# backup_sender_personal="Automatic backup report"
+# you will see the following in the report headers:
+# From: "Automatic backup report" <root@example.com>
+backup_sender_personal=
+
+# Supply any additional headers for the report message. By default, the
+# following headers are generated:
+# From, To, Subject, X-Beam-Items, X-Beam-Round and X-Beam-Level.
+# The three X- headers contain the backed up items (as set in the
+# backup_items variable), backup round and backup level numbers,
+# correspondingly.
+#
+# To supply multiple headers, delimit them with a single newline character.
+backup_report_headers=
+
+# The value of this variable is output before the actual report.
+backup_report_intro=
+
+# The value of this variable is added at the end of the report.
+backup_report_signature=
+
+# Reports are sent using this program. If not set, it defaults to
+# /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t -F $backup_sender_email
+# The generated report is piped to the standard input of this program.
+backup_mailer_program=

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