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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm2
-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm4
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm
index 68f6c792..cdd9ee04 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiOverview.pm
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ sub new {
         if ($json) {
                 $lei->{dedupe} //= PublicInbox::LeiDedupe->new($lei);
         } else {
-                # default to the cheapest sort since MUA usually resorts
-                $opt->{'sort'} //= 'docid' if $devfd < 0;
                 $lei->{l2m} = eval { PublicInbox::LeiToMail->new($lei) };
                 return $lei->fail($@) if $@;
                 if ($opt->{mua} && $lei->{l2m}->lock_free) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
index 5376c7f8..3a437bf0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiQuery.pm
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ sub lei_q {
                         die "unrecognized --sort=$sort\n";
                 }
         }
-        # descending docid order
-        $mset_opt{relevance} //= -2 if $opt->{threads};
+        # descending docid order is cheapest, MUA controls sorting order
+        $mset_opt{relevance} //= -2 if $self->{l2m} || $opt->{threads};
         $self->{mset_opt} = \%mset_opt;
 
         if ($opt->{stdin}) {