mail is what you're looking for. echo "web server is down" | mail -s "mail server issues" someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx you can also redirect a text file into mail mail -s 'some problems' < /tmp/errlog.out -d Cristiano Soares said: > Hi all. I have a probably very easy question. > > Does anyone know a shell mail client for Fedora or RedHat? I want to > send mail through shell to outside to be able to notify some people > about the server. Ex: > > If the first link in the server fails, i want to send an e-mail to > example@xxxxxxxxxxx to notify that the first link is down. > > Any clue? > > > Thanks a lot. -+(duncan brown -+(duncanbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -+(http://www.linuxadvocate.net Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot
