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Subject: Re: boot up notification
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Jim Pazarena wrote:
> I would like one of my servers to send me an email when
> it boots. I envision a script in rc.conf to do this.
> 
> Is there an easier way, or an automatic system which can do this?

  You could set up a cronjob to run at '@reboot':
$ crontab -l
@reboot echo | mail -s "The eagle has landed" root

  See crontab(5).