diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/SmtpTransport.php b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/SmtpTransport.php
index cf5a13296..636e5a31b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/Email/SmtpTransport.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/Email/SmtpTransport.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class SmtpTransport extends AbstractTransport {
 		$lines = $this->_cakeEmail->message();
 		$messages = array();
 		foreach ($lines as $line) {
-			if ((! empty($line)) && ($line[0] === '.')) {
+			if ((!empty($line)) && ($line[0] === '.')) {
 				$messages[] = '.' . $line;
 			} else {
 				$messages[] = $line;