diff --git a/conf/logrotate.conf.sample b/conf/logrotate.conf.sample
index d44dd0f..b48300e 100644
--- a/conf/logrotate.conf.sample
+++ b/conf/logrotate.conf.sample
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       #admin_email="argus@oopen.de"
       #from_address="root@`hostname -f`"
       #company="Warenform INET"
-      #logFile=/backup/log/rsync.log
+      #logFile=/backup/log/rcopy.log
       #label
 
       durations_top="\nBackup durations of the certain hosts:\n"
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@
 
       send=`cat $logFile`
 
-      datum=`date +"%d.%m.%Y"`
+      datum="$(date +"%d.%m.%Y")"
 
-      echo -e "To:${admin_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:Backup $company -- $datum\n$filesystem\n\nBackup resource / Label: $label\n$durations\n\n$send\n" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $admin_email
+      subject="Backup $company -- $datum"
+      subject_utf8="$(echo "$subject" | iconv -t UTF8)"
+      subject_utf8_encoded="=?utf-8?B?$(echo $subject_utf8 | base64  --wrap=0)?="
+
+      echo -e "To:${admin_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:${subject_utf8_encoded}\n$filesystem\n\nBackup resource / Label: $label\n$durations\n\n$send\n" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $admin_email
       if [[ -n "$extra_admin_email" ]]; then
-         echo -e "To:${extra_admin_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:Backup $company -- $datum\n$filesystem\n\nBackup resource / Labe: $label\n$durations\n\n$send\n" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $extra_admin_email
+         echo -e "To:${extra_admin_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:${subject_utf8_encoded}\n$filesystem\n\nBackup resource / Labe: $label\n$durations\n\n$send\n" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $extra_admin_email
       fi
 
       declare -i error=`grep -e"\[ERROR" $logFile | wc -l`
@@ -51,9 +55,13 @@
 
       msg="${msg_top}\n${msg_body_01}\n${msg_body_02}"
 
-      echo -e "To:${admin_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:Backup Errors $company -- $datum\n${msg}" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "Errors BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $admin_email
+      subject="Backup Errors $company -- $datum"
+      subject_utf8="$(echo "$subject" | iconv -t UTF8)"
+      subject_utf8_encoded="=?utf-8?B?$(echo $subject_utf8 | base64  --wrap=0)?="
+
+      echo -e "To:${admin_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:${subject_utf8_encoded}\n${msg}" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "Errors BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $admin_email
       if [ "X$extra_error_email" != "X" ]; then
-         echo -e "To:${extra_error_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:Backup Errors $company -- $datum\n${msg}" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "Errors BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $extra_error_email
+         echo -e "To:${extra_error_email}\n${content_type}\nSubject:${subject_utf8_encoded}\n${msg}" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -F "Errors BACKUP $company" -f $from_address $extra_error_email
       fi
 
    fi