1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_smtp.c b/plugins/check_smtp.c
index 56be585e..77ac5ced 100644
--- a/plugins/check_smtp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_smtp.c
@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@ process_arguments (int argc, char **argv)
                         localhostname = strdup(optarg);
                         break;
                 case 'f':                                                                       /* from argument */
-                        from_arg = optarg;
+                        from_arg = optarg + strspn(optarg, "<");
+                        from_arg = strndup(from_arg, strcspn(from_arg, ">"));
                         smtp_use_dummycmd = 1;
                         break;
                 case 'A':