diff --git a/plugin/PHPMailer_v2.0.4/class.phpmailer.php b/plugin/PHPMailer_v2.0.4/class.phpmailer.php
index a943219c1..9214dbc9b 100644
--- a/plugin/PHPMailer_v2.0.4/class.phpmailer.php
+++ b/plugin/PHPMailer_v2.0.4/class.phpmailer.php
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ class PHPMailer {
     /* Retry while there is no connection */
     while($index < count($hosts) && $connection == false) {
       $hostinfo = array();
-      if(eregi('^(.+):([0-9]+)$', $hosts[$index], $hostinfo)) {
+      if(preg_match('/^(.+):([0-9]+)$/i', $hosts[$index], $hostinfo)) {
         $host = $hostinfo[1];
         $port = $hostinfo[2];
       } else {