diff --git a/src/sbbs3/readmail.cpp b/src/sbbs3/readmail.cpp
index 20355616d5f5e7113d1554167a2127c8c47f4105..c3cc132da267cbeb4d3684f2e0bb0874e71c949f 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/readmail.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/readmail.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ void sbbs_t::readmail(uint usernumber, int which)
 
 		if(domsg && !(sys_status&SS_ABORT)) {
 
-			msg.subnum=INVALID_SUB;
 			show_msg(&msg
 				,msg.from_ext && msg.idx.from==1 && !msg.from_net.type
 					? 0:P_NOATCODES);