Index: mail.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/html_to_text/mail.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -r1.3 mail.inc
--- mail.inc	16 Feb 2008 20:52:55 -0000	1.3
+++ mail.inc	15 May 2008 23:57:28 -0000
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ function drupal_html_to_text($string, $a
   $string = _filter_htmlcorrector(filter_xss($string, $allowed_tags));
 
   // Apply inline styles.
-  $string = preg_replace('!</?(em|i)>!i', '/', $string);
-  $string = preg_replace('!</?(strong|b)>!i', '*', $string);
+  $string = preg_replace('!</?(em|i)((?> +)[^>]*)?>!i', '/', $string);
+  $string = preg_replace('!</?(strong|b)((?> +)[^>]*)?>!i', '*', $string);
 
   // Replace inline <a> tags with the text of link and a footnote.
   // 'See <a href="http://drupal.org">the Drupal site</a>' becomes