def METHOD_NAME(mail, message, proxyInfo='', verbose=False):
    if verbose:
        print("Host: {}".format(HOST))
    # append proxy info to message
    for line in proxyInfo:
        message += "%s\n" % line
    # echo %msg | mail -s 'HOST proxy status' MAIL_ADD
    command = " echo \"%s\" | " % (message)
    command += "mail -s '%s: Proxy status'" % (HOST)
    command += " %s" % (mail)
    if verbose:
        print("Running email command: {}".format(command))
    retCode = os.system(command)
    if verbose:
        print("Email notification exit code: {}".format(retCode))