diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index e3c8278..ae053cd 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ restic_archiver__log_output: true
 restic_archiver__logrotate: true
 
 restic_archiver__mailsummary: false
-restic_archiver__mailaddress: false
+restic_archiver__mailaddress: 'root@localhost'
 
 # restic default options
 restic_archiver__default_opt: ''
diff --git a/tasks/cron.yml b/tasks/cron.yml
index 886a500..e0676ab 100644
--- a/tasks/cron.yml
+++ b/tasks/cron.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@
     user: "{{ restic_archiver__owner }}"
   when: not restic_archiver__log_output
 
+- name: setup cronjob for restic without logging
+  become: true
+  cron:
+    name: "archive restic backup with ansible_role_restic_archiver"
+    job: /opt/restic-mailsummary.sh
+    cron_file: /etc/crontab
+    hour: "7"
+    minute: "30"
+    user: "{{ restic_archiver__owner }}"
+  when: restic_archiver__mailsummary
+
diff --git a/tasks/mail.yml b/tasks/mail.yml
index 6565854..2012e6f 100644
--- a/tasks/mail.yml
+++ b/tasks/mail.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 ---
+- name: install requirements
+  become: true
+  package:
+    name:
+      - jq
+      - bsd-mailx
+    state: present
+
 - name: deploy restic template
   template:
     src: templates/restic_mailsummary.j2
diff --git a/templates/restic_mailsummary.j2 b/templates/restic_mailsummary.j2
index 43007e5..1653d6d 100644
--- a/templates/restic_mailsummary.j2
+++ b/templates/restic_mailsummary.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # {{ ansible_managed }}
-# This file is to cleanup your backup archive and move some snapshots to a external storage.
-echo "Summary for Restic Backup"
+# This file is designed to create a overview
+# overof the restic backup and
+# send it by mail - if wanted
+echo "SUMMARY for Restic BACKUP" > /tmp/mailcontent
+
 
 {% for repo in restic_archiver__repos %}
 
@@ -9,38 +12,53 @@ echo "Summary for Restic Backup"
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['location'] }}" 2>/dev/null
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='{{ repo['password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}' 2>/dev/null
 BACKUP_NAME="{{ repo.name }}" 2>/dev/null
-echo "BACKUP: {{ repo.name }}"
-restic check 2>/dev/null
-restic stats 2>/dev/null
+{#
+
+  STARTING MAIL OUTPUT
+
+#}
+
+cat <<EOT >> /tmp/mailcontent
+
+
+
+{{ repo.name }}"
+$(restic check --quiet 2>/dev/null)
+  $(restic --quiet stats --json | python3 -c "import sys, json; jsondata=json.load(sys.stdin); print('Repo size: ', str(int(jsondata['total_size'] / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 * 1000 )/1000 ), 'GB with ', str(jsondata['total_file_count']), ' Files.')")
+  Latest Snapshots:
+restic --quiet snapshots --last --json | jq -c '.[]' | while read i; do  echo -e "$i" | python3 -c "import sys, json; jsondata=json.load(sys.stdin); print('  Hostname: ', jsondata['hostname'], '  \tbackup time: ', jsondata['time'], '  \tPath: ', str(jsondata['paths'][0]))" ; done
+EOT
 
 {% if repo.archive|default(false) %}
 
 {% if restic_archiver__mount_required %}
-set +euxo pipefail 2>/dev/null
 if mountpoint -q {{ restic_archiver__mount_disk }}
 then
    echo "{{ restic_archiver__mount_disk }} is mounted"
 else
    mount -a 2>/dev/null
 fi
-set -euxo pipefail 2>/dev/null
 {% endif %}
 
 # ARCHIVE Settings for Server "{{ repo['name'] | string }}"
-echo "EXTERNAL_BACKUP: {{ repo.name }}"
+echo "EXTERNAL_BACKUP: {{ repo.name }}" 2>/dev/null
 export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ repo['archive_location'] }}" 2>/dev/null
 export RESTIC_PASSWORD='{{ repo['archive_password'] | regex_replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'') }}' 2>/dev/null
 BACKUP_NAME="{{ repo.name }}_archive" 2>/dev/null
 
-restic check 2>/dev/null
-restic statps
+echo "  Backup at external Disk:" >> /tmp/mailcontent
+restic check --quiet >> /tmp/mailcontent
+restic --quiet stats --json  | python3 -c "import sys, json; jsondata=json.load(sys.stdin); print('  External Backup Repo size: ', str(int(jsondata['total_size'] / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 * 1000 )/1000 ), 'GB with ', str(jsondata['total_file_count']), ' Files.')" >> /tmp/mailcontent
 {% endif %}
 
 {% endfor %}
 sync
-set +euxo pipefail
-echo "\n\n\n\n"
-df -h
+echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -------------------------------------" >> /tmp/mailcontent
+df -h >> /tmp/mailcontent
+mail -s "restic backup report" {{ restic_archiver__mailaddress }} < /tmp/mailcontent
+
+
 {% if restic_archiver__umount_after_usage %}
 umount {{ restic_archiver__mount_disk }}
 {% endif %}
+
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 29b8f8e..a7b63f9 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 33 # should be over ninethousand
+playbook_version_number: 35 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: 'role-restic_archiver_roles-ansible_github.com.version'