diff --git a/lib/mailread.rb b/lib/mailread.rb
index 6d59a08fc9..ee86d353eb 100644
--- a/lib/mailread.rb
+++ b/lib/mailread.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Mail
     @header = {}
     @body = []
     begin
-      f.each do |line|
+      while line = f.gets()
 	line.chop!
 	next if /^From /=~line	# skip From-line
 	break if /^$/=~line	# end of header