--- a/exim-exigrey.pl	Wed Jan 03 17:15:49 2007 +0000
+++ b/exim-exigrey.pl	Wed Jan 03 21:21:26 2007 +0000
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 		$h{$item} = "$now $now 0\0";
 		$rc = "yes";
 	} else {
-		my ($created, $used, $count) = split " ", $h{$item};
+		($_ = $h{$item}) =~ s/\0*$//;		# we're \0 terminated
+		my ($created, $used, $count) = split;
 		if ($now - $created < $delay) { $rc = "yes" }
 		else { 
 			$rc = "no";