From: Roland Roland <R_O_L_A_N_D at hotmail.com> > i'm trying to get a script to send me an email whenever a certain > condition takes place.. > i'm afraid i dont have experience with mail command nor anything else > related to sending emails for that matter.. > > i googled a bit and tried using mutt and mail ... > though i do not recieve any email in my inbox... > > the command im using is the following : mail -s “disk space report” > R_O_L_A_N_D at hotmail.com > > should i setup a default smtp to use? where can i check for the errors > that are taking place? Tried with sendmail service started...? Check /var/log/maillog An other way: /usr/sbin/sendmail -t <<EOF Subject: ... to: ... Content-type: text/plain Hello World... EOF JD