1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
index 65952aa2..6af72e71 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/InboxWritable.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use strict;
  use v5.10.1;
  use parent qw(PublicInbox::Inbox PublicInbox::Umask Exporter);
  use PublicInbox::Import;
+use PublicInbox::Git qw(read_all);
  use PublicInbox::Filter::Base qw(REJECT);
  use Errno qw(ENOENT);
  our @EXPORT_OK = qw(eml_from_path);
@@ -114,9 +115,8 @@ sub filter {
  sub eml_from_path ($) {
          my ($path) = @_;
          if (sysopen(my $fh, $path, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK)) {
-                return unless -f $fh; # no FIFOs or directories
-                my $str = do { local $/; <$fh> } or return;
-                PublicInbox::Eml->new(\$str);
+                return unless -f $fh && -s _; # no FIFOs or directories
+                PublicInbox::Eml->new(\(my $str = read_all($fh, -s _)));
          } else { # ENOENT is common with Maildir
                  warn "failed to open $path: $!\n" if $! != ENOENT;
                  undef;