static struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 static int keep_cr;
+static int mboxrd;
+
+static int is_gtfrom(const struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+       size_t min = strlen(">From ");
+       size_t ngt;
+
+       if (buf->len < min)
+               return 0;
+
+       ngt = strspn(buf->buf, ">");
+       return ngt && starts_with(buf->buf + ngt, "From ");
+}
 
 /* Called with the first line (potentially partial)
  * already in buf[] -- normally that should begin with
                        strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n');
                }
 
+               if (mboxrd && is_gtfrom(&buf))
+                       strbuf_remove(&buf, 0, 1);
+
                if (fwrite(buf.buf, 1, buf.len, output) != buf.len)
                        die_errno("cannot write output");
 
 
        do {
                peek = fgetc(f);
+               if (peek == EOF) {
+                       if (f == stdin)
+                               /* empty stdin is OK */
+                               ret = skip;
+                       else {
+                               fclose(f);
+                               error(_("empty mbox: '%s'"), file);
+                       }
+                       goto out;
+               }
        } while (isspace(peek));
        ungetc(peek, f);
 
                        keep_cr = 1;
                } else if ( arg[1] == 'o' && arg[2] ) {
                        dir = arg+2;
+               } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--mboxrd")) {
+                       mboxrd = 1;
                } else if ( arg[1] == '-' && !arg[2] ) {
                        argp++; /* -- marks end of options */
                        break;