Resolved. It turns out I have a bash script running from hobbitlaunch.cfg, and in bash parenthesis have a special meaning and thus it blows up when running the cmd:
. /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/hobbitserver.cfg
I changed the MAILC line to use single quotes such as:
MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r 'user at blah.com (Xymon)'"
And all is well. Sorry for the email traffic, but hey, this will hit the archive and maybe help someone in the future ;)
I don't suppose you tried escaping the quotes?
MAILC="/usr/bin/nail -r \"user at blah.com (Xymon)\""
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