diff -Nur smeserver-affa-3.2.2.3.old/root/sbin/affa smeserver-affa-3.2.2.3/root/sbin/affa
--- smeserver-affa-3.2.2.3.old/root/sbin/affa	2016-08-19 16:51:12.270000649 +0200
+++ smeserver-affa-3.2.2.3/root/sbin/affa	2016-08-19 19:15:44.654000527 +0200
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
 # under certain conditions; type 'affa --license' for details.
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
-my $VERSION='3.2.2.3-4';
+my $VERSION='3.2.2.3-6';
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 use strict;
@@ -907,12 +907,16 @@
 		}
 		if( $multi{$k} ) {
 			my @m=$cfg->val($jobname,$k);
+######### following 1 line added by Arnaud to solve bug#9449: blank characters into file job.conf##
+			map( {s/^\s+|\s+$//g; $_ } @m);
 			$job{$k}=[@m];
 			$job{"_$k"}=join(',',@m) if $multi{$k} eq 'string';
 		} else {
 			$job{$k}=$cfg->val($jobname,$k);
 			lg( "*** Error in job config $jobname: Multivalues are not allowed for key $k") if $job{$k}=~/\n/;
 			$job{$k}=~s/\n.*//;
+######### following 1 line added by Arnaud to solve bug#9449: blank characters into file job.conf##			
+			$job{$k}=~s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
 		}
 	}