Index: files/patch-ssmtp.c
===================================================================
--- files/patch-ssmtp.c	(revision 408698)
+++ files/patch-ssmtp.c	(working copy)
@@ -227,12 +227,20 @@
  						}
  						header_save(p);
  
-@@ -876,11 +900,11 @@
+@@ -876,12 +900,18 @@
+		char *begin=buf;
  		char *rightside;
  		/* Make comments invisible */
- 		if((p = strchr(buf, '#'))) {
+-		if((p = strchr(buf, '#'))) {
 -			*p = (char)NULL;
-+			*p = '\0';
++		if((p = strchr(buf, '#'))) {
++			/* check if # is a part of a param */
++			if((q = strchr(buf, '='))) { 
++				if ((int)(p-buf) < (int)(q-buf))
++					*p = '\0';
++			}
++			else
++				*p = '\0';
  		}
  
  		/* Ignore malformed lines and comments */