# remove excessive beginning and end whitespaces.
$reply =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
- if (length($reply) < 5 or $reply =~ /^\s+$/) {
- &DEBUG("Reply: FIXME: reply => '$reply'.");
+ if ($reply =~ /^\s+$/) {
+ &DEBUG("Reply: Null factoid ($message)");
return '';
}