-#### lynx inserts multiple blank lines, so use uniq to squeeze them.
-mhfixmsg last -outfile - | uniq >"$actual"
-check "$expected" "$actual" 'ignore space'
+if [ $can_reformat_texthtml -eq 1 ]; then
+ #### lynx inserts multiple blank lines, so use uniq to squeeze them.
+ mhfixmsg last -outfile - | uniq >"$actual"
+ check "$expected" "$actual" 'ignore space'
+else
+ cp -p "$MH_TEST_DIR/Mail/inbox/15" "$MH_TEST_DIR/Mail/inbox/15.backup"
+ rm -f "$expected"
+fi