Charlie that is GREAT news but i have a problem with that in that emails are rarely read because there seems to be so much other insignificant emails coming from the servers, plus not all my servers are setup where i can easily get to the emails.
Even if they where emailed, it would seem i might want to choose different email accounts, etc, etc.
I also have windows workstations that read files from the server as well, and these computers can be setup to read files to tell if there is something wrong.
I have my reasons.
I have found the echo, date, uptime command. i just need help with the automation part that will give me a start.