Index: server/protocols-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/protocols/lib/netty/AbstractConfigurableAsyncServer.java IDEA additional info: Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP <+>UTF-8 =================================================================== --- server/protocols-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/protocols/lib/netty/AbstractConfigurableAsyncServer.java (revision 1327842) +++ server/protocols-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/protocols/lib/netty/AbstractConfigurableAsyncServer.java (revision ) @@ -172,7 +172,10 @@ String listen[] = config.getString("bind", "0.0.0.0:" + getDefaultPort()).split(","); List bindAddresses = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 0; i < listen.length; i++) { - String bind[] = listen[i].split(":"); + String bind[] = listen[i].split("@"); + if (bind.length == 1) { + bind = listen[i].split(":"); + } InetSocketAddress address; String ip = bind[0].trim();