1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/script/public-inbox-edit b/script/public-inbox-edit
index ae5d8289..28b1b5e8 100755
--- a/script/public-inbox-edit
+++ b/script/public-inbox-edit
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ Multiple messages with different content found matching
                  warn "Will edit all of them\n";
          }
  } else {
-        open my $fh, '<', $file or die "open($file) failed: $!";
-        my $orig = do { local $/; <$fh> };
-        my $mime = PublicInbox::MIME->new(\$orig);
+        my $mime = PublicInbox::InboxWritable::mime_from_path($file) or
+                die "open($file) failed: $!";
          my $mids = mids($mime->header_obj);
          find_mid($found, $_, \@ibxs) for (@$mids); # populates $found
          my $cid = content_id($mime);