how to email!!

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Monday, October 03, 2005 3:56 PM -0700 bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> i need to know how to use the 'mail' command to simply send a test msg...

For use in a script:

echo "message body" | mail -s "subject line" recipient at example.com

I use this just before rebooting my server for hardware issues or a kernel 
update:

uptime | mail -s "Reboot for new kernel (or whatever reason)" root

(root's mail is redirected via /etc/aliases to another account. This just 
makes sure it goes to whoever's supposed to get it.)

I have a mail folder where I file all the reboot email so I can track when 
and why the servers were rebooted.