Don't we already have an ongoing email thread for this exact issue? Currently 
one solution has been suggested three or four times, and another solution was 
suggested for the first time yesterday by Jason Barnes. We're waiting for you 
to report back on these potential solutions.

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On Oct 26, 2019, 07:43, Rich Shepard wrote:

> I have a logwatch issue that makes no sense and need insight into resolving
> it.
>
> The default for logwatch is to report on all logs specified in
> /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf. But, that does not add a fortune toward
> the end as it did on the old server. Adding 'Service = zz-fortune' produced
> the notice that when 'Service = All' only subtrations can be specified.
>
> So, I removed 'Service = All' and specified the desired output:
>
> # The 'Service' option expects either the name of a filter (in
> # /usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/*) or 'All'. The default service(s)
> # to report on. This should be left as All for most people.
> Service = cron
> Service = kernel
> Service = postfix
> Service = sshd
> Service = syslogd
> Service = xntpd
> Service = zz-disk_space
> Service = zz-fortune
> Service = zz-lm_sensors
>
> Now when I look for 'Service = All' grep returns nothing:
>
> [root@salmo /etc/logwatch]# grep -R "Service = All" *
> [root@salmo /etc/logwatch]#
>
> So, why does running logwatch (both from the command line and from
> cron.daily) return this mail message:
>
> From [email protected] Sat Oct 26 04:40:04 2019
> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 04:40:04 -0700 (PDT)
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: cron for user root /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily 1> /dev/null
>
> Wrong configuration entry for "Service", if "All" selected, only "-" items 
> are allowed
>
> On what forum might be the most appropriate to ask for help: linuxquestions,
> stackexchange, unixcraft, other?
>
> This is the last system issue I need to resolve.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
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