Send an e-mail alert to another person

There isn't a build in way, but you could use a command like sendmail and Indicator Remindor's inserts. Here are some different options - http://askubuntu.com/questions/12917/how-to-send-mail-from-the-command-line/13118#13118

Let me know how that goes for you!

Hi Brian,
             I've set up ssmtp and I can send a message from my command line and receive the email Ok.
 However I cannot get it to work with indicator-remindor. I put this in the command line :
 /usr/sbin/ssmtp senders_address@domain < /home/username/mytextfile

Any Ideas?

Hi Brian,
               here is another clue, but I can't figure out the correct syntax. I see this in my syslog when I try to send from indicator-remindor.
SSL connection using RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1
RCPT TO:<@gmail.com> (555 5.5.2 Syntax error. ev4sm5377089wib.7 - gsmtp)

James

Ok, so it would seem that using things like | and < are not working properly in Indicator Remindor, I'll have to find the best way to fix this bug. For now I recommend finding another command that doesn't use pipes or redirects.

Hi Brian,
                        I tried different ways to enclose the whole command in quotes without success.
In the end I just put the command in a script and put a command to run the script in indicator-remindor.
That worked but it would be nice if it could work the way I was trying.
This way I need a script for each person I want to send a reminder to.

Many Thanks !

I'm working on rewriting the way Indicator Remindor handles commands. You command should work in the next version, which will be available by this weekend or so. I'll let you know when I push it to the ppa.

Thanks Brian Douglass, that solved my question.