Status alerts via email

Hello All,

Could someone recommend a way to send daily/hourly and perhaps in case of completion alerts via email?

I am a cheap-ass hash cracker and have a mask attack running on a HD6670, there is still more then 10 days to go.

It's on ubuntu (thanks for the great wiki guide).
I log in every now and then to press s, but a regular email would be much better.

Thanks and best regards,