Index: src/wp-mail.php
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--- src/wp-mail.php	(revision 47577)
+++ src/wp-mail.php	(working copy)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@

 	$post_title = xmlrpc_getposttitle( $content );

-	if ( '' === $post_title ) {
+	if ( '' === trim( $post_title ) ) {
 		$post_title = $subject;
 	}

