diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates smeserver-yum-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates
--- smeserver-yum-2.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ smeserver-yum-2.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/crontab/check4contribsupdates	2014-11-19 17:59:47.540381038 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+    return "\n# yum check for updates is disabled\n" unless $yum{status} eq 'enabled';
+
+    my $freq = $yum{check4contribsupdates} || 'daily';
+
+    my $min;
+    my $dom;
+    my $dow;
+
+    if ($freq eq 'weekly') {
+        $min = 22;
+        $dom = '*';
+        $dow = 0;
+    } elsif ($freq eq 'monthly') {
+        $min = 42;
+        $dom = 1;
+        $dow = '*';
+    } else {
+        $min = 2;
+        $dom = '*';
+        $dow = '*';
+    }
+    return "$min 4 $dom * $dow root "
+       . q{sleep $[ $RANDOM \\% 3600 ]; /sbin/e-smith/check4contribsupdates -m };
+}
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.4.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/check4contribsupdates smeserver-yum-2.4.0/root/sbin/e-smith/check4contribsupdates
--- smeserver-yum-2.4.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/check4contribsupdates	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ smeserver-yum-2.4.0/root/sbin/e-smith/check4contribsupdates	2014-11-19 17:58:02.709057486 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/check4contribsupdates.$$
+TMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/check4contribsupdates.$$/XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
+TMP1=`mktemp /tmp/check4contribsupdates.$$/XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
+
+MAILADDR=admin-yum
+
+yum -e 0 -d 0 check-update --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=smecontribs > $TMP1
+if [ $? = 100 ]; then
+  echo -e "===\n=== yum reports available updates for Contribs :\n===" >> $TMPFILE
+  cat $TMP1 >> $TMPFILE
+ echo -e "\n    To apply all these updates, you can log on your server and run the following command :\n
+    yum update --enablerepo=smecontribs\n" >> $TMPFILE
+fi
+
+if [ -s $TMPFILE ]; then
+  if [ "$1" = "-m" ]; then
+    mail -s "SME Server Contribs Updates available for `hostname`" $MAILADDR < $TMPFILE
+  else
+    echo "SME Server Contribs Updates available for `hostname`"
+    cat $TMPFILE
+  fi
+fi
+
+rm -f $TMPFILE $TMP1
+rm -fr /tmp/check4contribsupdates.*