On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 09:51:19AM -0600, Willy Peake wrote:
> couple of people who forget about the net [the 3rd thur
> of even numbered months].  I run a slackware box full time
> and would like to implement some software to e-mail a
> list about a week before net date to remind everyone of
> the net.  I did some work for a company that had a ms
> exchange server and it would send reminder e-mails
> based on calendar entries.
> 
> Any suggestions on the best/easiest solution.  Thanks
> in advance.

Easy - install a mailing list manager like mailman or majordomo.
Then write a cron job to send a mail to the list at the right time.
A bonus is that the folks can use the list to discuss things in between
nets.

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