diff --git a/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
index b394b8f3a98ce10c84ac3766db889e19f9ed9a9a..a168aff670e4a8c33c5a5cc786f354a1efc44328 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ class getmail_plugin {
 	function delete($event_name,$data) {
 		global $app, $conf;
 		
+		// load the server specific configuration options for getmail
+		$app->uses("getconf");
+		$getmail_config = $app->getconf->get_server_config($conf["server_id"], 'getmail');
+		$this->getmail_config_dir = $getmail_config["getmail_config_dir"];
+		
 		$config_file_path = escapeshellcmd($this->getmail_config_dir.'/'.$data["old"]["source_server"].'_'.$data["old"]["source_username"].'.conf');
 		if(stristr($config_file_path,"..") || stristr($config_file_path,"|") || stristr($config_file_path,";") || stristr($config_file_path,'$')) {
 			$app->log("Possibly faked path for getmail config file: '$config_file_path'. File is not written.",LOGLEVEL_ERROR);