gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash
while read line
do
        SERVERIP=$line
        [email protected]

        ping -c 3 $SERVERIP > /dev/null 2>&1
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
        then
           # Use your favorite mailer here:
           #mailx -s "Server $SERVERIP is down" -t "$NOTIFYEMAIL" < /dev/null 
           echo "Server $SERVERIP is down"
        fi
done < "$1"