Sending email on a schedule?

[William Park]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 04:18:41PM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> Does anyone send email on a regular schedule, perhaps with a tool like
> remind?  I am looking for a tool or combination of tools that I can use
> to send myself, and occasionally others, pre-written emails.
> 
> I could just create at (for one-time entries) or cron (for repeating
> entries) jobs, but I am sure that this issue has been dealt with before.

Yes, it's called 'at' and 'crontab'.  It would be helpful if we know
what ways that at/crontab were deficient.

> 
> I'm looking for simple stuff, like a reminder near the end of the day to
> pick up cheese, or two weeks before my anniversary to send me a reminder
> to start thinking hard about presents, etc...
> 
> The key items are - that I can send an email to myself or another on a
> schedule, and that I can add new entries without too much effort.  Any
> suggestions?

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