2 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
index 9be3830cf..5cbe8a619 100755
--- a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
@@ -1005,14 +1005,6 @@ sub _check_comment {
     $comment =~ s/\r\n?/\n/g; # Get rid of \r.
 
     ThrowUserError('comment_too_long') if length($comment) > MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH;
-
-    # Creation-only checks
-    if (!ref $invocant) {
-        # On creation only, there must be a single-space comment, or
-        # email will be supressed.
-        $comment = ' ' if $comment eq '';
-    }
-
     return $comment;
 }
 
diff --git a/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm b/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm
index 13f25b5b4..2f132e2de 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/BugMail.pm
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ sub sendMail {
         }
     }
  
-    if ($difftext eq "" && $newcomments eq "") {
+    if ($difftext eq "" && $newcomments eq "" && !$isnew) {
       # Whoops, no differences!
       return 0;
     }