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I have tried a few things so far but with no success.

I modified crontab and and preceeded the command with @reboot mail.mailutils ...

I also created a .sh script, changed permission, added it to init.d modified configuration with sysv-rc-config --level 3 script on and added the necessary line to rc.local.

I would really appreciate if you could tell me where else to look!

I just want to send an email when I boot my Ubuntu (desktop not server) and when I turn it off.

The script that I am using is not even a script is 

mail.mailutils -s "subject" emailaddress <<< "message"
Thomas
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First, check if you can send email. I am using mailutils to send email, the way to send email is:

    echo "system start" | mail -s "start" youraccount@xx.com

Second, add a systemd task to listening the boot and shutdown event.

  1. create a file /etc/init.d/myemail, then add the following scripts.
  2. sudo update-rc.d myemail defaults
  3. now its done.

  4. Tips: some email provider will intercept your email, since your email account is not like a common email format.

    #! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          myemail
# Required-Start: 
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:     1 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 6
# Short-Description: on boot and shutdown send a email.
# Description:
### END INIT INFO


PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin


. /lib/lsb/init-functions


case "$1" in
  start|status)
        echo "system start" | mail -s "start" youraccount@xx.com
        date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S   --start" >> /var/log/myemail.log
        ;;
  restart|reload|force-reload)
        echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
  stop)
        echo "system poweroff" | mail -s "poweroff" youraccount@xx.com
        date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S   --stop" >> /var/log/myemail.log
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
        exit 3
        ;;
esac

return 0
Y.Elva
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  • Hey! I get an error when I try the second command: update-rc.d: error: initscript does not exist: /etc/init.d/myemail – user91991993 Feb 13 '18 at 21:52
  • I have tell you at first step, create a file /etc/init.d/myemail. It means create a file named myemail in the directory '/etc/init.d'. Then add the scripts content from ahead to the file myemail. Check your steps. – Y.Elva Feb 25 '18 at 03:50