diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index f49b7085c..99a8b1f95 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - bugfix:  76_MSGMail: Clean up net::smtp version number before comparison
   - bugix:   14_Hideki:  fixed wrong return in ParseFn (msg533900)
              14_SD_WS:   fixed wrong return in ParseFn (msg533900)
              90_SIGNALduino_un:   fixed wrong return in ParseFn (msg533900)
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/76_MSGMail.pm b/fhem/FHEM/76_MSGMail.pm
index 091529e76..ca421b275 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/76_MSGMail.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/76_MSGMail.pm
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ sub MSGMail_Initialize($)
 
     # check version of libnet - if < 3.00, try to load Net::SMTP::SSL
     $MSGMail_SMTP = $Net::SMTP::VERSION;
-    if ($Net::SMTP::VERSION >= 3)
+    $MSGMail_SMTP =~ s/[^0-9.].*$//;
+    if ($MSGMail_SMTP >= 3.00)
     {
         $MSGMail_SSL = 1;
     }