diff --git a/HSH/Helpers.hs b/HSH/Helpers.hs
--- a/HSH/Helpers.hs
+++ b/HSH/Helpers.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import HSH.Helpers.UnixUsers
 import HSH.Helpers.FileManip
 import HSH.Helpers.Utils
-
+import HSH.Helpers.Email
 import HSH
 
 
diff --git a/HSH/Helpers/Email.hs b/HSH/Helpers/Email.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HSH/Helpers/Email.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module HSH.Helpers.Email where
+import HSH
+import Text.StringTemplate.Helpers
+
+newtype PureInput = PureInput { unpureinput :: String }
+  deriving (Read,Show)
+
+
+{- |
+  Send an email via mailx.
+
+  For sysadmin steps required for this command to work with most of the work outsourced to gmail, see last three posts in thread
+
+  http://groups.google.com/group/HAppS/browse_thread/thread/93317d4d7317040f/14cd89d98f1f4041
+
+  This assumes a unixy environment, 
+-}
+mailxEmail emailBody subject recipient = runIO $ echo emailBody -|- mailxCommand
+  where mailxCommand = render1 [("subject",subject),("recipient",recipient)]
+                               "mailx -s \"$subject$\" $recipient$"
+
diff --git a/HSH/Helpers/UnixUsers.hs b/HSH/Helpers/UnixUsers.hs
--- a/HSH/Helpers/UnixUsers.hs
+++ b/HSH/Helpers/UnixUsers.hs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import Text.StringTemplate.Helpers
 
 import HSH.Helpers.Utils
-import Debug.Trace.Helpers
 
 -- similar formats, so we can share most of the logic
 isSystemUser :: SysUser -> IO Bool
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@
         ChmodWX -> "wx"
         ChmodRWX -> "rwx"
       recurse = if recurse' then "-R" else ""
-  runIO $ traceIt $ render1 [("op",op)
+  runIO $           render1 [("op",op)
                              , ("ugo",ugo)
                              , ("recurse",recurse)
                              , ("perm",perm)
diff --git a/HSHHelpers.cabal b/HSHHelpers.cabal
--- a/HSHHelpers.cabal
+++ b/HSHHelpers.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: HSHHelpers
-Version: 0.17
+Version: 0.18
 License: GPL
 License-file: gpl.txt
 Description: 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Stability: Beta
 Copyright: Copyright (c) 2008 Thomas Hartman
 Exposed-Modules: HSH.Helpers, HSH.Helpers.Instances, HSH.Helpers.UnixUsers, HSH.Helpers.FileManip, 
-                 HSH.Helpers.Utils
+                 HSH.Helpers.Utils, HSH.Helpers.Email
 Build-Depends: base, HSH, unix, HStringTemplateHelpers, MissingH, regex-pcre, directory, bytestring, filepath, mtl,
                DebugTraceHelpers
 Category: System