On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Webb Sprague wrote:
> Does anyone know how to use "mail" in batch mode? I
> want to put a line in a shell script that sends me
> mail whenever it detects something in my system, like
> a security risk. I would also be interested in using
> perl so that I could use variables for the various
> parts of the header and the text. No, I don't want to
> send spam, either...
>
> I would also like to know how to set up an
> auto-response thing, if possible, but that is a ways
> off in my development...
>
> Thanks
> W
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Just do a pipe open to sendmail -t from a perl script. Most of the
formmail web scripts do this. You can have your whole message in a
variable if you want.
Mike Machado
mike@innercite.com
InnerCite
Network Specialist
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