Can I force my Fedora Server to send an email when booted?

Yes. It’s fairly straightforward, too.

But what you might want to do is register with a dynamic DNS service like dyndns.org and use something like ddclient to update that automatically.

OOooo… I already have a dyndns account so that sounds fairly simple. The server is connected through my college’s network so I get a different internet address every time I start it up. Can ddclient detect that and then update my hostname?

Okay, I have ddclient installed. Do you think you can walk me through configuration for my dyndns account and having it start on boot?

I think there are probably an amazing number of tutorials and references for this on the Internet, and I think you should start there first. Configuring computers to suit other people is something I charge a consulting fee for.

Alrighty then. Thanks.