diff --git a/plogical/mailUtilities.py b/plogical/mailUtilities.py
index 636ff3e48..e79f5871d 100755
--- a/plogical/mailUtilities.py
+++ b/plogical/mailUtilities.py
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ class MailServerManagerUtils(multi.Thread):
         self.request = request
         self.function = function
         self.extraArgs = extraArgs
+        self.MailSSL = 0
 
     def checkIfMailServerSSLIssued(self):