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+### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+#
+# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snipppet.
+# Required receiving services must already be set up.
+# Modify to fit your setup - changing SendMailFrom, SendMailTo
+
+send_notification() {
+Updates=("$@")
+UpdToString=$( printf "%s\n" "${Updates[@]}" )
+SendMailFrom=me@mydomain.tld
+SendMailTo=me@mydomain.tld
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+printf "\nSending email notification\n"
+
+ssmtp $SendMailTo << __EOF
+From: "$FromHost" <$SendMailFrom>
+date:$(date -R)
+To: <$SendMailTo>
+Subject: [dockcheck] Updates available on $FromHost
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
+
+The following containers on $FromHost have updates available:
+
+$UpdToString
+
+__EOF
+}