diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 498d25c5..092d0bd9 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -20337,13 +20337,13 @@ void submit_elog(LOGBOOK * lbs)
       mail_to[0] = 0;
       for (i=0 ; i<200 && rcpt_list[i*NAME_LENGTH]; i++) {
          
-         if ((int) strlen(rcpt_to) + (int) strlen(&rcpt_list[i*NAME_LENGTH]) >= rcpt_to_size) {
+         if ((int) strlen(rcpt_to) + (int) strlen(&rcpt_list[i*NAME_LENGTH]) + 5 >= rcpt_to_size) {
             rcpt_to_size += 256;
             rcpt_to = xrealloc(rcpt_to, rcpt_to_size);
          }
          strcat(rcpt_to, &rcpt_list[i*NAME_LENGTH]);
 
-         if ((int) strlen(mail_to) + (int) strlen(&mail_list[i*NAME_LENGTH]) >= mail_to_size) {
+         if ((int) strlen(mail_to) + (int) strlen(&mail_list[i*NAME_LENGTH]) + 5 >= mail_to_size) {
             mail_to_size += 256;
             mail_to = xrealloc(mail_to, mail_to_size);
          }