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Cron is not able to run CiviMail cron job giving this error:

ERROR: You need to send a valid key to execute this file. More info at:http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Command-line+Script+Configuration

here is the line in crontab:

*/5 * * * *  wget  -o /dev/null -O /dev/null http://bhaktilife.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/bin/EmailProcessor.php?name=xxxx&pass=xxxx&key=xxxx

I've double checked that the key is correct and even tried putting in a new key in both the crontab and civicrm.settings.php

Also  I can run the command  with the key directly from  the browser without problem.

Is there something that I am doing in the crontab wrong? Should the key be in quotes?

Even more secure: use the php-cli version if you have it.

http://en.flossmanuals.net/civicrm/ch042_system-configuration/

And do you key contains space or $ or non ascii 7 bits chars ? For what I've seen, less problem sticking to a to Z and numbers.

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