diff -r 968773a0b6ef -r c8382f7b54ef ipsservices/ipssosplugin/src/ipsplgsmtpoperation.cpp
--- a/ipsservices/ipssosplugin/src/ipsplgsmtpoperation.cpp	Tue Sep 14 20:48:24 2010 +0300
+++ b/ipsservices/ipssosplugin/src/ipsplgsmtpoperation.cpp	Wed Sep 15 11:52:37 2010 +0300
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
         // is display name with special characters
         TInt start( fullName.LocateReverse( KIpsSmtpOperationCharLessThan ) ); 
         TInt end( fullName.LocateReverse( KIpsSmtpOperationCharMoreThan ) );
-        if ( KErrNotFound != start && KErrNotFound != end )
+        if ( KErrNotFound != start && KErrNotFound != end && start < end )
             {
             start += 1;
             fullName.Set( aRecipients[i].Mid( start, ( end - start ) ) );