diff --git a/check_updates.sh b/check_updates.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/check_updates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+TERM=vt100
+
+TMP_FILE=$(mktemp)
+MAIL=$(mktemp)
+
+PORTAGE_QUIET='1'
+
+eix-sync 1>/dev/null 2>${TMP_FILE}
+
+emerge -v --update --newuse --deep --with-bdeps=y --quiet-build=1 @world \\
+	&>> ${TMP_FILE}
+
+if [ "$(grep '\[ebuild     U' ${TMP_FILE})" != '' ]; then
+	echo "From: $(whoami)@$(hostname -f)" > ${MAIL}
+	echo "To: root@$(hostname -f)" >> ${MAIL}
+	echo "Subject: $(hostname -f):$(grep Total: ${TMP_FILE} \
+		| cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ')' -f 1))" >> ${MAIL}
+	echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8" >> ${MAIL}
+	cat ${TMP_FILE} >> ${MAIL}
+
+	if [ "$(lsof -n | awk '{ if ($5 == "DEL") print $9 }' | sort -u)" ]; then
+		restart_services -u >> ${MAIL}
+	fi
+	emerge -p --depclean --with-bdeps\=y >> ${MAIL}
+
+	cat ${MAIL} | sendmail -t root@$(hostname -f)
+fi
+
+rm ${TMP_FILE} ${MAIL}