DIY email alert (or similar) for open door?

bopper

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This isn't actually for a door, but is the same thing. I have a fish tank and want an email (or some other free notification to my phone) when a water level sensor is activated. Rasberry Pi comes to mind for as far as hardware, but I have no clue how I would get it to do anything useful. Please throw terminology at me so I can figure out what I need to learn to do this.
 
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