--- /james/server/trunk/src/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/SMTPHandlerChain.java       2006-09-18 03:45:40.000000000 +0200
+++ /james/server/trunk/src/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/SMTPHandlerChain.java       2006-09-18 03:48:50.000000000 +0200
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         }
         if (configuration != null) {
             Configuration[] children = configuration.getChildren("handler");
-            ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+            ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
 
             // load the BaseFilterCmdHandler
             loadClass(classLoader, CoreFilterCmdHandlerLoader.class.getName(),