1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/mailbox.py b/Lib/mailbox.py
index 13e3eb7..d2db53f 100755
--- a/Lib/mailbox.py
+++ b/Lib/mailbox.py
@@ -313,7 +313,10 @@ class Maildir(Mailbox):
         subpath = self._lookup(key)
         f = open(os.path.join(self._path, subpath), 'r')
         try:
-            msg = MaildirMessage(f)
+            if self._factory:
+                msg = self._factory(f)
+            else:
+                msg = MaildirMessage(f)
         finally:
             f.close()
         subdir, name = os.path.split(subpath)