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You can test this with
echo -e "\nTest Message" | sendmail recipient@example.org -f
sender@example.org
Replace recipient@example.org with the email address where you want to send the message
to, and replace sender@example.org with the address the email is being sent from (the reply
address). Note the –e and the \n in the text, this makes sure there is a blank line before the
body of the message, which is necessary so the email headers are picked up correctly.
You can then use this in shell scripts to automatically notify you of things happening on your Asus.
For example, here is an init.d script to email the post-boot log file whenever the Asus boots up. The
filename starts with S99 so that it is the last init.d script to run. Note that we also set one of the
email header fields – the subject – at the start, and also that this includes line breaks to indicate
where the body of the message starts (\n).
/opt/etc/init.d/S99Email-post-boot-log.sh
#!/bin/sh
#
# S99Email-post-boot-log.sh
#
# Email myself the post-boot log file
#
message=/tmp/boot-message.txt
# create a file for the email message
echo -e "Subject: Asus has rebooted\n" > $message
echo "/tmp/var/log/post-boot contents follows" >> $message
echo "===START===" >> $message
cat /tmp/var/log/post-boot >> $message
echo "====END====" >> $message
# send it
cat $message | /opt/sbin/sendmail recipient@example.org -f
sender@example.org
Replace recipient@example.org with where you want the email sent to, and change
sender@example.org to a suitable reply address (probably both will be your own email
address).
Don't forget to make the script executable, or it won't run:
chmod +x /opt/etc/init.d/S99Email-post-boot-log.sh
If you're using rt2mei, you could amend the /opt/usr/local/rt2mei/do-rt2mei.sh script to email
yourself the rt2mei logs every time an update is done.
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