I do something like this and have never had a problem viewing through outlook. You'll get something like this 03/21/06-01:30:00: ============================================================ 03/21/06-01:30:00: Starting cops import 03/21/06-01:30:00: ============================================================ LOG_FILE="${LOGSDIR}/cops_import.${today}.log" DASHED_LINE=\ "============================================================" export ORACLE_SID ORAENV_ASK NLS_LANG LOG_FILE SQLDIR LogMsg() { echo "`date +"%D-%T"`: $1" >> ${LOG_FILE} } ############################################################################ #### ### MAIN ### ############################################################################ #### LogMsg ${DASHED_LINE} LogMsg "Starting cops import" LogMsg ${DASHED_LINE} -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l