diff --git a/spring-integration-mail/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParser.java b/spring-integration-mail/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParser.java
index 19b90aa012..b9a1a0f711 100644
--- a/spring-integration-mail/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-mail/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ package org.springframework.integration.mail.config;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.IntegrationNamespaceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Parser for the <imap-idle-channel-adapter> element in the 'mail' namespace.
@@ -51,32 +51,21 @@ public class ImapIdleChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionPa
 	protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 		String channel = element.getAttribute("channel");
 		Assert.hasText(channel, "the 'channel' attribute is required");
-		builder.addConstructorArgReference(this.parseImapMailReceiver(element, parserContext));
+		builder.addConstructorArgValue(this.parseImapMailReceiver(element, parserContext));
 		builder.addPropertyReference("outputChannel", channel);
-		String taskExecutorRef = element.getAttribute("task-executor");
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(taskExecutorRef)) {
-			builder.addPropertyReference("taskExecutor", taskExecutorRef);
-		}
-		String autoStartup = element.getAttribute("auto-startup");
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(autoStartup)) {
-			builder.addPropertyValue("autoStartup", autoStartup);
-		}
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "task-executor");
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(builder, element, "auto-startup");
 	}
 
-	private String parseImapMailReceiver(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+	private BeanDefinition parseImapMailReceiver(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		String uri = element.getAttribute("store-uri");
 		Assert.hasText(uri, "the 'store-uri' attribute is required");
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder receiverBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
 				BASE_PACKAGE + ".ImapMailReceiver");
 		receiverBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(uri);
-		String propertiesRef = element.getAttribute("java-mail-properties");
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(propertiesRef)) {
-			receiverBuilder.addPropertyReference("javaMailProperties", propertiesRef);
-		}
-		receiverBuilder.addPropertyValue("shouldDeleteMessages",
-				!"false".equals(element.getAttribute("should-delete-messages")));
-		return BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerWithGeneratedName(
-				receiverBuilder.getBeanDefinition(), parserContext.getRegistry());
+		IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setReferenceIfAttributeDefined(receiverBuilder, element, "java-mail-properties");
+		receiverBuilder.addPropertyValue("shouldDeleteMessages", element.getAttribute("should-delete-messages"));
+		return receiverBuilder.getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
index 3ca8b78dd4..75385ccef5 100644
--- a/spring-integration-mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-integration-mail/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/mail/config/ImapIdleChannelAdapterParserTests-context.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
 	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
 	xmlns:mail="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/mail"
 	xmlns:integration="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/task
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
@@ -16,6 +19,12 @@
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/mail
 			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/mail/spring-integration-mail.xsd">
 
+	<context:property-placeholder properties-ref="configProperties"/>
+
+	<util:properties id="configProperties">
+		<prop key="mail.delete">false</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
 	<integration:channel id="channel"/>
 
 	<mail:imap-idle-channel-adapter id="simpleAdapter"
@@ -28,11 +37,11 @@
 			store-uri="imap:foo"
 			channel="channel"
 			auto-startup="false"
-			java-mail-properties="props"
-			should-delete-messages="false"
+			java-mail-properties="javaMailProperties"
+			should-delete-messages="${mail.delete}"
 			task-executor="executor"/>
 
-	<util:properties id="props">
+	<util:properties id="javaMailProperties">
 		<prop key="foo">bar</prop>
 	</util:properties>