--- mailnews/compose/src/nsMsgCompose.cpp	Thu Oct 24 01:29:37 2002
+++ mailnews/compose/src/nsMsgCompose_sigpipe.cpp	Thu Nov 14 10:51:47 2002
@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@
   if (!tempFile.is_open())
     return NS_MSG_ERROR_READING_FILE;  
   
-  readSize = fSpec.GetFileSize();
+  readSize = 4096; /* Big enough, also can read from "non regular" files */
   ptr = readBuf = (char *)PR_Malloc(readSize + 1);  if (!readBuf)
     return NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   memset(readBuf, 0, readSize + 1);