1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el b/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el
index 80a1fbbc9ce..302d5d5eb10 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mail-utils.el
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Usenet paths ending in an element that matches are removed also."
         (case-fold-search t)
         pos epos)
     (while (setq pos (string-match match userids))
-      (if (> pos 0) (setq pos (1+ pos)))
+      (if (> pos 0) (setq pos (match-beginning 2)))
       (setq epos
             (if (string-match "[ \t\n,]+" userids (match-end 0))
                 (match-end 0)