diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_message.py b/addons/mail/mail_message.py
index 1d84468ca85..dc372aec84a 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_message.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_message.py
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ class mail_message(osv.osv):
                     if part.get_content_subtype() == 'html':
                         msg['body_html'] = content
                         msg['subtype'] = 'html' # html version prevails
-                        #this filter will remove "
" unused charector which generaed by space
-                        body = filter(lambda c: c not in "
", tools.ustr(tools.html2plaintext(content)))
+                        body = tools.ustr(tools.html2plaintext(content))
+                        body = body.replace('
', '')
                     elif part.get_content_subtype() == 'plain':
                         body = content
                 elif part.get_content_maintype() in ('application', 'image'):