/usr/local/bin/syslog-mail.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl -n
# thanks to Brian Dowling for an example with security in mind.

$TO = 'email@dot.com';
$FROM = xSolaris;

s/^<\d{1,2}>//;

open(MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail -t");

print MAIL <<"EOT";
To: $TO
From: $FROM
Subject: Log Alert: $_

$_

EOT

close(MAIL);