diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Connection.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Connection.pm
index ceac262..f14e23b 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/Connection.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/Connection.pm
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ sub notes {
   $self->{_notes}->{$key};
 }
 
+sub reset {
+   my $self = shift;
+   $self->{_notes} = undef;
+   $self = $self->new;
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__
diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm
index 8a1dbd5..abf29d2 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer.pm
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ sub disconnect {
   $self->log(LOGINFO,"click, disconnecting");
   $self->SUPER::disconnect(@_);
   $self->run_hooks("post-connection");
+  $self->connection->reset;
   exit;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer/Prefork.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer/Prefork.pm
index cd2dac5..7caae1c 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer/Prefork.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd/TcpServer/Prefork.pm
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ sub disconnect {
   $self->log(LOGINFO,"click, disconnecting");
   $self->SUPER::disconnect(@_);
   $self->run_hooks("post-connection");
+  $self->connection->reset;
   die "disconnect_tcpserver";
 }
 
diff --git a/qpsmtpd b/qpsmtpd
index b65517f..b11a489 100755
--- a/qpsmtpd
+++ b/qpsmtpd
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ $qpsmtpd->load_plugins();
 $qpsmtpd->start_connection();
 $qpsmtpd->run();
 $qpsmtpd->run_hooks("post-connection");
+$qpsmtpd->connection->reset;
 
 __END__
 
diff --git a/qpsmtpd-forkserver b/qpsmtpd-forkserver
index d2e7aee..30c32d0 100755
--- a/qpsmtpd-forkserver
+++ b/qpsmtpd-forkserver
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ while (1) {
     $qpsmtpd->run();
     
     $qpsmtpd->run_hooks("post-connection");
+    $qpsmtpd->connection->reset;
     exit;                                   # child leaves
   }
 }
diff --git a/qpsmtpd-prefork b/qpsmtpd-prefork
index 75daa17..5cbca17 100755
--- a/qpsmtpd-prefork
+++ b/qpsmtpd-prefork
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ sub qpsmtpd_session {
                                   );
         $qpsmtpd->run();
         $qpsmtpd->run_hooks("post-connection");
+        $qpsmtpd->connection->reset;
     };
     if ($@ !~ /^(disconnect_tcpserver|died while reading from STDIN)/) {
         warn("$@");