Instead of sendmail simply use mail or mailx.  See script below.

Please make sure you change the From: addy... to a valid email address, you
do not
want your email server to be black listed.  You know what I mean?  That's
bad.



#!/opt/local/bin/perl
#-----------------------------------------------------

#my $user = "[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]";
my $user = '[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]';

print "\n\nsending mail to $user ......";
&Notifyanddie;

print "\n\nMail sent.\n\n\n";

#-----------------------------------------------------

sub Notifyanddie {
   #my $message = shift;
   my $message = q(open(MAIL, \"|/usr/bin/mailx \") or die \"Couldn\'t open
mailx\");
   #open(MAIL, "|/usr/lib/sendmail -t -i") or die "Couldn't open sendmail
$!\n";
   open(MAIL, "|/usr/bin/mail $user") or die "Couldn't open mailx $!\n";
   print MAIL <<END_OF_MSG;
From: addywheregoingto\@address.com
To:MYEMAILADDY\@address.com
Subject: Ad Systems ping Check
<html>
<body>
<pre>
if you get this mail, use the following line:
$message


-- mail sent by william ampeh, just modified your script

</body>
</html>

END_OF_MSG

}

__________________

William Ampeh (x3939)
Federal Reserve Board


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