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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
index 5b80eb27..be338006 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
@@ -231,10 +231,11 @@ sub _mbox_write_cb ($$$$) {
         if ($dst eq '/dev/stdout') {
                 $out = $lei->{1};
         } else { # TODO: mbox locking (but mairix doesn't...)
-                if (!$lei->{opt}->{augment} && -f $dst and !unlink($dst)) {
+                my $mode = -p $dst ? '>' : '+>>';
+                if (-f _ && !$lei->{opt}->{augment} and !unlink($dst)) {
                         die "unlink $dst: $!" if $! != ENOENT;
                 }
-                open $out, '+>>', $dst or die "open $dst: $!";
+                open $out, $mode, $dst or die "open $dst: $!";
                 # Perl does SEEK_END even with O_APPEND :<
                 $seekable = seek($out, 0, SEEK_SET);
                 die "seek $dst: $!\n" if !$seekable && $! != ESPIPE;