sSMTP On The Console

Sometimes you may need to send emails automatically from the command-line, for instance when a server is rebooted from your init.d scripts.

The following script/code will send out a formatted email using sSMTP (or sendmail):

#!/bin/bash
CURDATE=`date`
sendmail -oi user@domain.com << EOF
From: Your User <user2@domain2.com>
To: user@domain.com
Subject: SERVER INFO: Booted on $CURDATE

The server has just been booted on $CURDATE.

EOF