diff --git a/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
index c6daf42a6c76f4b96f7e753726c2e5f45ab45b63..b7645bbe7417878f87f401c157a09c953518074e 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/getmail_plugin.inc.php
@@ -140,12 +140,22 @@ 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);
 			return false;
 		}
-		if(is_file($config_file_path)) unlink($config_file_path);
+		if(is_file($config_file_path)) {
+			unlink($config_file_path);
+			$app->log("Deleting file: '$config_file_path'.",LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
+		} else {
+			$app->log("Nothing to delete: '$config_file_path'.",LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
+		}
 	}