--- a/exim4.conf	Fri Dec 20 17:28:48 2013 +0100
+++ b/exim4.conf	Fri Dec 20 23:15:02 2013 +0100
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # some macros to ease the understanding
 ADDRESS_DATA = ${sg{${lookup{$sender_address}lsearch*@{PROVIDERS}}}{\\s+}{\t}}
-SMARTHOST    = ${extract{1}{\x20\t}{$address_data}}
+SMARTHOST    = ${extract{1}{\t}{$address_data}}
 HOST         = ${extract{1}{:}{SMARTHOST}}
 PORT         = ${extract{2}{:}{SMARTHOST}{$value}{submission}}
 USER         = ${extract{2}{\t}{$address_data}}