<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7036.0"> <TITLE>Mail help needed</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  I have found a provider that will convert Email to Voice but they use $START$ and $END$ for their system to understand the mails. I have altered my mail script as below /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$START$ Alert\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" $END$ | /usr/bin/mailx -s " $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ " $CONTACTEMAIL$ But when I send a test mail I get which just adds a single $ at the beginning and the end, is there a way to do this or is this happening because Nagios users the $ itself, sorry for what may seem a dumb question to you but I just do not know the answer $ Alert Notification Type: PROBLEM Service: FTP Host: test Address: 8x.1x.9x.2x State: CRITICAL Date/Time: Tue May 12 15:53:40 BST 2009 Additional Info: CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds$ Cheers Martyn </BODY> </HTML>