On 01/22/14 23:37, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So you are correct that the formail is needed, as the reader does not have a date to show on displaying the message. It does use the date in the first 'From ' line for the list of messages, and that mislead me yesterday. > > But I am having a problem of how to specify this: > > CRONDARGS=-m "formail -a "Date: `date`" | /usr/bin/procmail -f cron" > > The quoting is wrong. How do I get the quoting right for this arg list? > I would "cheat". I would put formail -a "Date: `date`" | /usr/bin/procmail -f cron in a bash script called "mailme" in /usr/local/bin and then set CRONDARGS=-m /usr/local/bin/mailme Worked fine here.... Don't forget, of course, to make mailme executable. -- Getting tired of non-Fedora discussions and self-serving posts -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org