sending automatic mail

Hi folx, Can someone give me a pointer please. This is SuSE 7.1. I want to be able to send mail as a result of something that happens within a program. The body of the mail is stored within a file. The mail server is on another machine on the network. I tried using elm with the command: elm -s "subject" to_address http://www.ibgames.net/alan Registered Linux user #6822 http://counter.li.org Winding Down - Weekly Tech Newsletter - subscribe at http://www.ibgames.net/alan/winding/mailing.html