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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Health related - linux please help |
| Date | 2018-09-12 11:53 +0100 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <pnar6o$kfg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <pnai0a$1pu9$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
On 12/09/18 09:16, Ferannia wrote: > It's about an elderly gentleman who is quite active on internet, but he > loves to click on every file and link he receives, yet he pay his bills > online - hence the linux is installed on his PC. > > He has a very weak heart. > > I am looking for any linux mailer, or mailer's scripting trick, or other > application which will initiate a mailer to send an alert message to > couple of addresses if he doesn't respond to application's call within a > given time frame. > > Please, does it exist ? For ex. mailer's pop-up dialog which he'll have > to hit and close within 10 hours after it shows up on his screen. If he > doesn't hit OK button, an email message will be sent to couple of his > relatives to check up on him. > > Has anyone ever heard about such a mailer or other application ? > > I am not a programmer, so I am unable to code anything similar, but I > hope there is an application or a mailer available which can do that. I > have meager knowledge in bash scripting. > > Thank you. > I have been thinking of writing this to run on one of my public facing servers. Say the server were to send him an email every day with a 'click on this link to say you are OK' and no click sends an email to someone else? Obviously a home server would also be OK IF IT WERE UP 24/7... -- Karl Marx said religion is the opium of the people. But Marxism is the crack cocaine.
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Health related - linux please help Ferannia <ferannia@mouse-potato.com> - 2018-09-12 01:16 -0700
Re: Health related - linux please help The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-12 11:53 +0100
Re: Health related - linux please help Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-09-12 13:37 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-12 08:28 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2018-09-12 09:21 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-12 09:22 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-12 11:06 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-12 18:11 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-12 15:35 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2018-09-12 15:31 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-12 12:14 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-12 16:50 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-09-13 13:41 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-14 06:18 +0100
Re: Health related - linux please help Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2018-09-12 13:27 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-12 15:12 -0400
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Re: Health related - linux please help Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2018-09-12 20:40 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-12 21:36 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-13 02:41 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-13 02:45 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-09-13 11:25 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-13 08:16 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2018-09-13 11:01 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Wouter Verhelst <w@uter.be> - 2018-09-14 11:14 +0200
Re: Health related - linux please help Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-13 16:08 +0100
Re: Health related - linux please help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-13 22:51 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-14 06:28 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2018-09-14 06:07 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-14 21:35 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2018-09-14 20:20 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-15 18:36 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-14 16:37 -0400
Re: Health related - linux please help Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-14 21:45 +0000
Re: Health related - linux please help tom <tom@0.0.0.0> - 2018-09-23 11:39 -0700
Re: Health related - linux please help Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2018-09-23 20:12 +0000
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