Roland Roland wrote: > 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? I shouldn't really post this, as I am so far from being an expert, but I use the following script to send (daily) the email address of a remote machine: --------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/python SENDMAIL = "/usr/sbin/sendmail" import os import sys import time tt = time.ctime() f = os.popen("stunbdc stun.ekiga.net 2>/dev/null") ipaddr = f.read() f.close() p = os.popen("%s -t -fgayleard at alice.it" % SENDMAIL, "w") p.write("To: gayleard at eircom.net\r\n") p.write("From: Timothy Murphy <gayleard at alice.it>\r\n") p.write("Subject: Anghiari IP address\r\n") p.write("\r\n") p.write(tt + "\r\n") p.write(ipaddr + "\r\n") p.close() sys.exit() --------------------------------------- I found I have to add the -f switch (with a local address) to satisfy the remote ISP. But this is probably far from your needs. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland