X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/cdf0cd2e8fc4273a8c13bb2810a0fe2da16a003c..b72f857fb5b9bfe800daf6d08da85f4bff81ce1d:/src/src/string.c

diff --git a/src/src/string.c b/src/src/string.c
index 332047460..2441f9b17 100644
--- a/src/src/string.c
+++ b/src/src/string.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ if (sep <= 0)
   if (*s == '<' && (ispunct(s[1]) || iscntrl(s[1])))
     {
     sep = s[1];
-    s += 2;
+    if (*++s) ++s;
     while (isspace(*s) && *s != sep) s++;
     }
   else