--- /usr/sbin/exiqgrep  2007-01-13 14:53:15.000000000 +0100
+++ /var/tmp/exiqgrep   2008-01-11 08:37:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@
                        # Increment message counter.
                        $count++;
                } else {
-                       print STDERR "Line mismatch: $line\n"; exit 1;
+                       if ($line =~ /^\s*(\w+)\s+(\w{6}-\w{6}-\w{2})\s+(<.*?>)/) {
+                               print STDERR "Line without message size: $line\n"; exit 1
+                       } else { 
+                               print STDERR "Line mismatch: $line\n"; exit 1;
+                       }
                }
        }
        close(QUEUE) or die("Error closing pipe: $!\n");