Hi All, Firstly thanks James for the help with the REGEX - all woring in that regard now.
On my server PHP version 4.x.x runs by default so I use the following in a .htaccess file to force version 5.x.x .htaccess AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php I am running the following script and it runs fine in a browser - without errors and it is sending e-mail as expected and deleting files BUT I get the following error when I set it as a CRON. /bin/sh: /home/tonya/public_html/cron/relay.php: Permission denied The cron command is - */15 * * * * /home/domain/public_html/cron/relay.php <?php // mail relay - finds e-mail, processes it and send it on via e-mail $to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; $from = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; $directory = '/home/domain/mail/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/new/'; function get_subject($headers) { $headers = explode("\n", $headers); foreach($headers as $header) { if(strtolower(substr($header, 0, 8)) == 'subject:') { $subject= substr($header, 8); if(substr($subject, 0, 1) == ' ') { $subject = substr($subject, 1); } return $subject; } } } $list = scandir($directory); foreach($list as $filename) { if(substr($filename, 0, 1) == '.') { continue; } $text = file_get_contents($directory . $filename); $text = str_replace("\r\n", "\r", $text); $text = str_replace("\r", "\n", $text); $choppos = strpos($text, "\n\n"); $headers = substr($text, 0, $choppos); $message = substr($text, $choppos + 2); $subject = get_subject($headers); $regex = '/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/'; $message = preg_replace( $regex, '[e-mail prorected]', $message); mail($to, $subject, $message, 'From: '. $from); // echo("[" . $directory . "][" . $filename . "][" . $subject . "]\n"); unlink($directory . $filename); } ?>