Index: /home/maurer/stuff/workspace/james-dev/src/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/DNSRBLHandler.java
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--- /home/maurer/stuff/workspace/james-dev/src/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/DNSRBLHandler.java	(revision 390102)
+++ /home/maurer/stuff/workspace/james-dev/src/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/DNSRBLHandler.java	(working copy)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
      */
     public void configure(Configuration handlerConfiguration) throws ConfigurationException {
 
-        Configuration rblserverConfiguration = handlerConfiguration.getChild("rblservers");
+        Configuration rblserverConfiguration = handlerConfiguration.getChild("rblservers",false);
         if ( rblserverConfiguration != null ) {
             ArrayList rblserverCollection = new ArrayList();
             Configuration[] children = rblserverConfiguration.getChildren("whitelist");
