1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index d5eb4971..fb93330b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ find_mid:
          }
  found:
          my $o = 'HEAD:' . mid2path($mid);
-        my $s = eval { Email::Simple->new($ng->gcf->cat_file($o)) };
+        my $bytes;
+        my $s = eval { Email::Simple->new($ng->gcf->cat_file($o, \$bytes)) };
          return $err unless $s;
          if ($set_headers) {
                  $s->header_set('Newsgroups', $ng->{name});
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ found:
  
                  # must be last
                  if ($set_headers == 2) {
-                        $s->header_set('Bytes', bytes::length($s->as_string));
+                        $s->header_set('Bytes', $bytes);
                          $s->body_set('');
                  }
          }