2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e78160a4..da21d29e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ bugs --
 
 * Correction to length-extraction code for servers that return (nnn octets).
 
+* Correction to RF822 continuation code so it doesn't eat leading blank-led
+  lines in the text.
+
 There are 211 people on the fetchmail-friends list.
 
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diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index aad43332..fe8a0d70 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ char *realname;		/* real name of host */
 	    /* leave extra room for reply_hack to play with */
 	    line = realloc(line, strlen(line) + strlen(buf) + HOSTLEN + 1);
 	    strcat(line, buf);
+	    if (line[0] == '\r' && line[1] == '\n')
+		break;
 	} while
 	    /* we may need to grab RFC822 continuations */
 	    ((ch = SockPeek(sockfp)) == ' ' || ch == '\t');