[Lincoln LUG] Automatic periodic email (Was: Re: Lincoln LUG meeting - Wednesday 16th September 2020 @ 7pm)

[J Fernyhough]

On 10/06/2020 17:32, tom bruton via Lincoln wrote:
> Hi guys looking to see if anybody knows of a solution without me needing
> to build something
> 
> i want to send emails to a ticket system automatically so it raises a
> ticket.
> 
> an example of this is on the 1st of every month to check the backup
> batteries on the door system
> some would be on a weekly or bi weekly basis as well
> 
> Anybody know of a solution to this. Ideally with a nice GUI either web
> or desktop based. Web ideally

cron and mail ? e.g.:

```
0 0 1 * * echo "Check the batteries" | mail -s "Check the batteries"
mail at example.com
```

A systemd timer would do the same for systems without a cron implementation.

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