Loop only Switch Change

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I have an Arduino Uno Rev 3 with Ethernet Shield. My goal is when a smoke detector goes off (cannot remember if it is NO or NC) the board will send an email (which will be changed to email to text). I have found the code below online and it works well, except I cannot get it to run only on the switch status change. I have tried to insert parts of the state change example code into this one but I cannot get it to work. (depending on where the parts of code are inserted it either doesn't work at all (rapid email's being sent, connection failure, or timeout failure). I am very new to Arduinos and would appreciate any advice you can give.

Thanks,
Craig

/*
Tihomir Nedev
April 2014
Change the values for the network setting. 
Change the emails. NB! Some sorvers won't accept email for unedentified devices as Arduino.
Hardware: Arduino board + Ethernet shield
*/

#include <SPI.h>
#include <Ethernet.h>


// Set the panic button pin
byte panicButton = 2;
boolean statusCheck=false; 
// this must be unique
byte mac[] = { 0xA8, 0x61, 0x0A, 0xAE, 0x6B, 0x55 };  
// change network settings to yours
IPAddress ip(192,168,1,19);    
IPAddress gateway(192,168,1,1);
IPAddress subnet(255,255,255,0);

// change server to your email server ip or domain
// IPAddress server( 1, 2, 3, 4 );
char server[] = "mail.bresnan.net";

EthernetClient client;

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(4,OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(4,HIGH);
  Ethernet.begin(mac, ip, gateway, gateway, subnet); 
  delay(2000);
  Serial.println(F("Ready."));
  pinMode(panicButton, INPUT);
}

void loop()
{


  if(digitalRead(panicButton)==HIGH && statusCheck==false)
  {
      if(sendEmail()) Serial.println(F("Email sent"));
      else Serial.println(F("Email failed"));
    statusCheck = true;
  }
  else if (digitalRead(panicButton)==LOW)
  {
  statusCheck = false; 
  }
}

byte sendEmail()
{
  byte thisByte = 0;
  byte respCode;

  if(client.connect(server,25)) {
    Serial.println(F("connected"));
  } else {
    Serial.println(F("connection failed"));
    return 0;
  }

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

// change to your public ip
  client.println(F("helo 1.2.3.4"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;
  Serial.println(F("Sending From"));

// change to your email address (sender)
  client.println(F("MAIL From: xxx@xxxx.net"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

// change to recipient address
  Serial.println(F("Sending To"));
  client.println(F("RCPT To: xxxx@gmail.com"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  Serial.println(F("Sending DATA"));
  client.println(F("DATA"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  Serial.println(F("Sending email"));

// change to recipient address
  client.println(F("To: xxxx@gmail.com"));

// change to your address
  client.println(F("From: xxxx@xxxx.net"));

  client.println(F("Subject: Barn Smoke Alarm!\r\n"));

  client.println(F("The Barn Smoke Alarm is Active!!!"));

  client.println(F("."));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  Serial.println(F("Sending QUIT"));
  client.println(F("QUIT"));

  if(!eRcv()) return 0;

  client.stop();

  Serial.println(F("disconnected"));

  return 1;
}

byte eRcv()
{
  byte respCode;
  byte thisByte;
  int loopCount = 0;

  while(!client.available()) {
    delay(1);
    loopCount++;

    // if nothing received for 10 seconds, timeout
    if(loopCount > 10000) {
      client.stop();
      Serial.println(F("\r\nTimeout"));
      return 0;
    }
  }

  respCode = client.peek();

  while(client.available())
  {  
    thisByte = client.read();    
    Serial.write(thisByte);
  }

  if(respCode >= '4')
  {
    efail();
    return 0;  
  }

  return 1;
}


void efail()
{
  byte thisByte = 0;
  int loopCount = 0;

  client.println(F("QUIT"));

  while(!client.available()) {
    delay(1);
    loopCount++;

    // if nothing received for 10 seconds, timeout
    if(loopCount > 10000) {
      client.stop();
      Serial.println(F("\r\nTimeout"));
      return;
    }
  }

  while(client.available())
  {  
    thisByte = client.read();    
    Serial.write(thisByte);
  }

  client.stop();

  Serial.println(F("disconnected"));
}
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Is this "panicButton" connected to pin 2 and GND? If so, you must use the builtin pullup resistor. Change the keyword INPUT to INPUT_PULLUP:

void setup()
{
  // ....
  pinMode(panicButton, INPUT_PULLUP);
}
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Thank you! That did the trick.
Craig