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diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 6f877019..43dedd10 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ use PublicInbox::DS qw(now);
 use File::Temp 0.19 (); # 0.19 for ->newdir
 use File::Spec ();
 use PublicInbox::Search qw(xap_terms);
-use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(popen_rd spawn which);
-use PublicInbox::MID qw(mids);
+use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(popen_rd popen_wr which);
+use PublicInbox::MID qw(mids mid_escape);
 use PublicInbox::Smsg;
-use PublicInbox::AutoReap;
 use PublicInbox::Eml;
 use PublicInbox::LEI;
 use Fcntl qw(SEEK_SET F_SETFL O_APPEND O_RDWR);
 use PublicInbox::ContentHash qw(git_sha);
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
+use autodie qw(close open read seek truncate);
+use PublicInbox::Syscall qw($F_SETPIPE_SZ);
+use PublicInbox::OnDestroy;
 
 sub new {
         my ($class) = @_;
@@ -103,13 +105,6 @@ sub smsg_for {
         $smsg;
 }
 
-sub recent {
-        my ($self, $qstr, $opt) = @_;
-        $opt //= {};
-        $opt->{relevance} //= -2;
-        $self->mset($qstr //= 'z:1..', $opt);
-}
-
 sub over {}
 
 sub _check_mset_limit ($$$) {
@@ -128,26 +123,16 @@ sub _mset_more ($$) {
         $size >= $mo->{limit} && (($mo->{offset} += $size) < $mo->{total});
 }
 
-# $startq will EOF when do_augment is done augmenting and allow
+# $startq will see `q' in do_post_augment -> start_mua if spawning MUA.
+# Otherwise $startq will EOF when do_augment is done augmenting and allow
 # query_combined_mset and query_thread_mset to proceed.
 sub wait_startq ($) {
         my ($lei) = @_;
-        my $startq = delete $lei->{startq} or return;
-        while (1) {
-                my $n = sysread($startq, my $do_augment_done, 1);
-                if (defined $n) {
-                        return if $n == 0; # no MUA
-                        if ($do_augment_done eq 'q') {
-                                $lei->{opt}->{quiet} = 1;
-                                delete $lei->{opt}->{verbose};
-                                delete $lei->{-progress};
-                        } else {
-                                die "BUG: do_augment_done=`$do_augment_done'";
-                        }
-                        return;
-                }
-                die "wait_startq: $!" unless $!{EINTR};
-        }
+        read(delete($lei->{startq}) // return, my $buf, 1) or return; # EOF
+        die "BUG: wrote `$buf' to au_done" if $buf ne 'q';
+        $lei->{opt}->{quiet} = 1;
+        delete $lei->{opt}->{verbose};
+        delete $lei->{-progress};
 }
 
 sub mset_progress {
@@ -162,71 +147,62 @@ sub mset_progress {
         }
 }
 
-sub l2m_progress {
-        my ($lei, $nr_write, $nr_seen) = @_;
-        $lei->{-nr_write} += $nr_write;
-        $lei->{-nr_seen} += $nr_seen;
-}
-
 sub query_one_mset { # for --threads and l2m w/o sort
         my ($self, $ibxish) = @_;
-        local $0 = "$0 query_one_mset";
         my $lei = $self->{lei};
         my ($srch, $over) = ($ibxish->search, $ibxish->over);
         my $dir = $ibxish->{inboxdir} // $ibxish->{topdir};
         return warn("$dir not indexed by Xapian\n") unless ($srch && $over);
         bless $srch, 'PublicInbox::LeiSearch'; # for ->qparse_new
         my $mo = { %{$lei->{mset_opt}} }; # copy
+        local $0 = "$0 1 $mo->{qstr}";
         my $mset;
         my $each_smsg = $lei->{ovv}->ovv_each_smsg_cb($lei);
         my $can_kw = !!$ibxish->can('msg_keywords');
         my $threads = $lei->{opt}->{threads} // 0;
         my $fl = $threads > 1 ? 1 : undef;
+        my $mid = $lei->{opt}->{'thread-id'};
+        $mo->{threadid} = $over->mid2tid($mid) if defined $mid;
         my $lss = $lei->{lss};
-        my $maxk = "external.$dir.maxuid";
-        my $stop_at = $lss ? $lss->{-cfg}->{$maxk} : undef;
-        if (defined $stop_at) {
-                ref($stop_at) and
-                        return warn("$maxk=$stop_at has multiple values\n");
-                ($stop_at =~ /[^0-9]/) and
-                        return warn("$maxk=$stop_at not numeric\n");
-        }
+        my $maxk = "external.$dir.maxuid"; # max of previous, so our min
+        my $min = $lss ? ($lss->{-cfg}->{$maxk} // 0) : 0;
+        ref($min) and return warn("$maxk=$min has multiple values\n");
+        ($min =~ /[^0-9]/) and return warn("$maxk=$min not numeric\n");
         my $first_ids;
         do {
-                $mset = $srch->mset($mo->{qstr}, $mo);
+                $mset = eval { $srch->mset($mo->{qstr}, $mo) };
+                return $lei->child_error(22 << 8, "E: $@") if $@; # 22 from curl
                 mset_progress($lei, $dir, $mo->{offset} + $mset->size,
                                 $mset->get_matches_estimated);
                 wait_startq($lei); # wait for keyword updates
                 my $ids = $srch->mset_to_artnums($mset, $mo);
-                @$ids = grep { $_ > $stop_at } @$ids if defined($stop_at);
                 my $i = 0;
                 if ($threads) {
                         # copy $ids if $lss since over->expand_thread
                         # shifts @{$ctx->{ids}}
                         $first_ids = [ @$ids ] if $lss;
-                        my $ctx = { ids => $ids };
-                        my %n2item = map { ($ids->[$i++], $_) } $mset->items;
-                        while ($over->expand_thread($ctx)) {
-                                for my $n (@{$ctx->{xids}}) {
+                        my $ctx = { ids => $ids, min => $min };
+                        my %n2item = map { $ids->[$i++] => $_ } $mset->items;
+                        while ($over->expand_thread($ctx)) { # fills {xids}
+                                for my $n (@{delete $ctx->{xids}}) {
                                         my $smsg = $over->get_art($n) or next;
-                                        my $mitem = delete $n2item{$n};
+                                        my $mi = delete $n2item{$n};
                                         next if $smsg->{bytes} == 0;
-                                        if ($mitem && $can_kw) {
-                                                mitem_kw($srch, $smsg, $mitem,
-                                                        $fl);
-                                        } elsif ($mitem && $fl) {
+                                        if ($mi && $can_kw) {
+                                                mitem_kw($srch, $smsg, $mi, $fl)
+                                        } elsif ($mi && $fl) {
                                                 # call ->xsmsg_vmd, later
                                                 $smsg->{lei_q_tt_flagged} = 1;
                                         }
-                                        $each_smsg->($smsg, $mitem);
+                                        $each_smsg->($smsg, $mi);
                                 }
-                                @{$ctx->{xids}} = ();
                         }
                 } else {
                         $first_ids = $ids;
-                        my @items = $mset->items;
+                        my @items = $mset->items; # parallel with @$ids
                         for my $n (@$ids) {
                                 my $mitem = $items[$i++];
+                                next if $n <= $min;
                                 my $smsg = $over->get_art($n) or next;
                                 next if $smsg->{bytes} == 0;
                                 mitem_kw($srch, $smsg, $mitem, $fl) if $can_kw;
@@ -236,7 +212,6 @@ sub query_one_mset { # for --threads and l2m w/o sort
         } while (_mset_more($mset, $mo));
         _check_mset_limit($lei, $dir, $mset);
         if ($lss && scalar(@$first_ids)) {
-                undef $stop_at;
                 my $max = $first_ids->[0];
                 $lss->cfg_set($maxk, $max);
                 undef $lss;
@@ -247,16 +222,17 @@ sub query_one_mset { # for --threads and l2m w/o sort
 
 sub query_combined_mset { # non-parallel for non-"--threads" users
         my ($self) = @_;
-        local $0 = "$0 query_combined_mset";
         my $lei = $self->{lei};
         my $mo = { %{$lei->{mset_opt}} };
+        local $0 = "$0 C $mo->{qstr}";
         my $mset;
         for my $loc (locals($self)) {
                 attach_external($self, $loc);
         }
         my $each_smsg = $lei->{ovv}->ovv_each_smsg_cb($lei);
         do {
-                $mset = $self->mset($mo->{qstr}, $mo);
+                $mset = eval { $self->mset($mo->{qstr}, $mo) };
+                return $lei->child_error(22 << 8, "E: $@") if $@; # 22 from curl
                 mset_progress($lei, 'xsearch', $mo->{offset} + $mset->size,
                                 $mset->get_matches_estimated);
                 wait_startq($lei); # wait for keyword updates
@@ -325,8 +301,9 @@ sub fudge_qstr_time ($$$) {
                 $rft = $diff;
         }
         $lr -= ($rft || (48 * 60 * 60));
+        require PublicInbox::Admin;
         $lei->qerr("# $uri limiting to ".
-                strftime('%Y-%m-%d %k:%M %z', localtime($lr)). ' and newer');
+                PublicInbox::Admin::fmt_localtime($lr).' and newer');
         # this should really be rt: (received-time), but no stable
         # public-inbox releases support it, yet.
         my $dt = 'dt:'.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S', gmtime($lr)).'..';
@@ -339,67 +316,69 @@ sub fudge_qstr_time ($$$) {
 
 sub query_remote_mboxrd {
         my ($self, $uris) = @_;
-        local $0 = "$0 query_remote_mboxrd";
         local $SIG{TERM} = sub { exit(0) }; # for DESTROY (File::Temp, $reap)
         my $lei = $self->{lei};
         my $opt = $lei->{opt};
-        chomp(my $qstr = $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr});
-        $qstr =~ s/[ \n\t]+/ /sg; # make URLs less ugly
+        my $qstr = $lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr};
+        local $0 = "$0 R $qstr";
         my @qform = (x => 'm');
         push(@qform, t => 1) if $opt->{threads};
-        my $verbose = $opt->{verbose};
-        my $reap_tail;
-        my $cerr = File::Temp->new(TEMPLATE => 'curl.err-XXXX', TMPDIR => 1);
-        fcntl($cerr, F_SETFL, O_APPEND|O_RDWR) or warn "set O_APPEND: $!";
+        open my $cerr, '+>', undef;
         my $rdr = { 2 => $cerr };
-        if ($verbose) {
-                # spawn a process to force line-buffering, otherwise curl
+        my @lbf_tee;
+        if ($opt->{verbose}) {
+                # spawn a line-buffered tee(1) script, otherwise curl
                 # will write 1 character at-a-time and parallel outputs
                 # mmmaaayyy llloookkk llliiikkkeee ttthhhiiisss
-                my $o = { 1 => $lei->{2}, 2 => $lei->{2} };
-                my $pid = spawn(['tail', '-f', $cerr->filename], undef, $o);
-                $reap_tail = PublicInbox::AutoReap->new($pid);
+                # (n.b. POSIX tee(1) cannot do any buffering)
+                my $o = { 1 => $cerr, 2 => $lei->{2} };
+                delete $rdr->{2};
+                @lbf_tee = ([ $^X, qw(-w -p -e), <<'' ], undef, $o);
+BEGIN { $| = 1; use IO::Handle; STDERR->autoflush(1); }
+print STDERR $_;
+
         }
         my $curl = PublicInbox::LeiCurl->new($lei, $self->{curl}) or return;
         push @$curl, '-s', '-d', '';
         my $each_smsg = $lei->{ovv}->ovv_each_smsg_cb($lei);
         $self->{import_sto} = $lei->{sto} if $lei->{opt}->{'import-remote'};
+        if (defined(my $mid = $opt->{'thread-id'})) {
+                $mid = mid_escape($mid);
+                for my $uri (@$uris) {
+                        $uri->path($uri->path.$mid.'/');
+                }
+        }
         for my $uri (@$uris) {
                 $lei->{-current_url} = $uri->as_string;
-                $lei->{-nr_remote_eml} = 0;
                 my $start = time;
                 my ($q, $key) = fudge_qstr_time($lei, $uri, $qstr);
                 $uri->query_form(@qform, q => $q);
                 my $cmd = $curl->for_uri($lei, $uri);
                 $lei->qerr("# $cmd");
-                my ($fh, $pid) = popen_rd($cmd, undef, $rdr);
-                my $reap_curl = PublicInbox::AutoReap->new($pid);
-                $fh = IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new($fh, MultiStream => 1);
-                PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, \&each_remote_eml, $self,
-                                                $lei, $each_smsg);
-                if (delete($self->{-sto_imported})) {
-                        my $wait = $self->{import_sto}->wq_do('done');
-                }
-                $reap_curl->join;
-                if ($? == 0) {
-                        # don't update if no results, maybe MTA is down
-                        my $nr = $lei->{-nr_remote_eml};
+                $rdr->{2} //= popen_wr(@lbf_tee) if @lbf_tee;
+                my $fh = popen_rd($cmd, undef, $rdr);
+                $fh = IO::Uncompress::Gunzip->new($fh,
+                                        MultiStream => 1, AutoClose => 1);
+                eval {
+                        PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, \&each_remote_eml,
+                                                $self, $lei, $each_smsg);
+                };
+                my ($exc, $code) = ($@, $?);
+                $lei->sto_barrier_request if delete($self->{-sto_imported});
+                die "E: $exc" if $exc && !$code;
+                my $nr = delete $lei->{-nr_remote_eml} // 0;
+                if (!$code) { # don't update if no results, maybe MTA is down
                         $lei->{lss}->cfg_set($key, $start) if $key && $nr;
                         mset_progress($lei, $lei->{-current_url}, $nr, $nr);
                         next;
                 }
-                my $err;
-                if (-s $cerr) {
-                        seek($cerr, 0, SEEK_SET) //
-                                        warn "seek($cmd stderr): $!";
-                        $err = do { local $/; <$cerr> } //
-                                        warn "read($cmd stderr): $!";
-                        truncate($cerr, 0) // warn "truncate($cmd stderr): $!";
-                }
-                $err //= '';
-                next if (($? >> 8) == 22 && $err =~ /\b404\b/);
+                delete($rdr->{2})->close if @lbf_tee;
+                seek($cerr, 0, SEEK_SET);
+                read($cerr, my $err, -s $cerr);
+                truncate($cerr, 0);
+                next if (($code >> 8) == 22 && $err =~ /\b404\b/);
                 $uri->query_form(q => $qstr);
-                $lei->child_error($?, "E: <$uri> $err");
+                $lei->child_error($code, "E: <$uri> `$cmd` failed");
         }
         undef $each_smsg;
         $lei->{ovv}->ovv_atexit_child($lei);
@@ -407,9 +386,8 @@ sub query_remote_mboxrd {
 
 sub git { $_[0]->{git} // die 'BUG: git uninitialized' }
 
-sub xsearch_done_wait { # dwaitpid callback
-        my ($arg, $pid) = @_;
-        my ($wq, $lei) = @$arg;
+sub xsearch_done_wait { # awaitpid cb
+        my ($pid, $wq, $lei) = @_;
         return if !$?;
         my $s = $? & 127;
         return $lei->child_error($?) if $s == 13 || $s == 15;
@@ -418,75 +396,60 @@ sub xsearch_done_wait { # dwaitpid callback
 
 sub query_done { # EOF callback for main daemon
         my ($lei) = @_;
-        local $PublicInbox::LEI::current_lei = $lei;
-        eval {
-                my $l2m = delete $lei->{l2m};
-                delete $lei->{lxs};
-                ($lei->{opt}->{'mail-sync'} && !$lei->{sto}) and
-                        warn "BUG: {sto} missing with --mail-sync";
-                $lei->sto_done_request if $lei->{sto};
-                if (my $v2w = delete $lei->{v2w}) {
-                        my $wait = $v2w->wq_do('done'); # may die
-                        $v2w->wq_close;
-                }
-                $lei->{ovv}->ovv_end($lei);
-                if ($l2m) { # close() calls LeiToMail reap_compress
-                        if (my $out = delete $lei->{old_1}) {
-                                if (my $mbout = $lei->{1}) {
-                                        close($mbout) or die <<"";
-Error closing $lei->{ovv}->{dst}: \$!=$! \$?=$?
-
-                                }
-                                $lei->{1} = $out;
-                        }
-                        if ($l2m->lock_free) {
-                                $l2m->poke_dst;
-                                $lei->poke_mua;
-                        } else { # mbox users
-                                delete $l2m->{mbl}; # drop dotlock
-                        }
+        my $l2m = delete $lei->{l2m};
+        delete $lei->{lxs};
+        ($lei->{opt}->{'mail-sync'} && !$lei->{sto}) and
+                warn "BUG: {sto} missing with --mail-sync";
+        $lei->sto_barrier_request;
+        $lei->{ovv}->ovv_end($lei);
+        if ($l2m) { # close() calls LeiToMail reap_compress
+                $l2m->finish_output($lei);
+                if ($l2m->lock_free) {
+                        $l2m->poke_dst;
+                        $lei->poke_mua;
+                } else { # mbox users
+                        delete $l2m->{mbl}; # drop dotlock
                 }
-                if ($lei->{-progress}) {
-                        my $tot = $lei->{-mset_total} // 0;
-                        my $nr_w = $lei->{-nr_write} // 0;
-                        my $d = ($lei->{-nr_seen} // 0) - $nr_w;
-                        my $x = "$tot matches";
-                        $x .= ", $d duplicates" if $d;
-                        if ($l2m) {
-                                my $m = "# $nr_w written to " .
-                                        "$lei->{ovv}->{dst} ($x)";
-                                $nr_w ? $lei->qfin($m) : $lei->qerr($m);
-                        } else {
-                                $lei->qerr("# $x");
-                        }
+        }
+        my $nr_w = delete($lei->{-nr_write}) // 0;
+        my $nr_dup = (delete($lei->{-nr_seen}) // 0) - $nr_w;
+        if ($lei->{-progress}) {
+                my $tot = $lei->{-mset_total} // 0;
+                my $x = "$tot matches";
+                $x .= ", $nr_dup duplicates" if $nr_dup;
+                if ($l2m) {
+                        my $m = "# $nr_w written to " .
+                                "$lei->{ovv}->{dst} ($x)";
+                        $nr_w ? $lei->qfin($m) : $lei->qerr($m);
+                } else {
+                        $lei->qerr("# $x");
                 }
-                $lei->start_mua if $l2m && !$l2m->lock_free;
-                $lei->dclose;
-        };
-        $lei->fail($@) if $@;
+        }
+        $lei->start_mua if $l2m && !$l2m->lock_free;
+        $lei->dclose;
 }
 
-sub do_post_augment {
+sub post_augment_done { # via on_destroy in top-level lei-daemon
         my ($lei) = @_;
-        local $PublicInbox::LEI::current_lei = $lei;
-        my $l2m = $lei->{l2m} or return; # client disconnected
-        eval {
-                $lei->fchdir;
-                $l2m->post_augment($lei);
-        };
-        my $err = $@;
+        my $err = delete $lei->{post_augment_err};
         if ($err) {
                 if (my $lxs = delete $lei->{lxs}) {
-                        $lxs->wq_kill('-TERM');
+                        $lxs->wq_kill(-POSIX::SIGTERM());
                         $lxs->wq_close;
                 }
                 $lei->fail("$err");
         }
         if (!$err && delete $lei->{early_mua}) { # non-augment case
-                eval { $lei->start_mua };
+                eval { $lei->start_mua }; # may trigger wait_startq
                 $lei->fail($@) if $@;
         }
-        close(delete $lei->{au_done}); # triggers wait_startq in lei_xsearch
+        close(delete $lei->{au_done}); # trigger wait_startq if start_mua didn't
+}
+
+sub do_post_augment {
+        my ($lei) = @_;
+        my $l2m = $lei->{l2m} or return; # client disconnected
+        $l2m->post_augment($lei, on_destroy(\&post_augment_done, $lei));
 }
 
 sub incr_post_augment { # called whenever an l2m shard finishes augment
@@ -509,7 +472,9 @@ sub concurrency {
 sub start_query ($$) { # always runs in main (lei-daemon) process
         my ($self, $lei) = @_;
         local $PublicInbox::LEI::current_lei = $lei;
-        if ($self->{opt_threads} || ($lei->{l2m} && !$self->{opt_sort})) {
+        if ($lei->{opt}->{threads} ||
+                        defined($lei->{opt}->{'thread-id'}) ||
+                        ($lei->{l2m} && !$lei->{opt}->{'sort'})) {
                 for my $ibxish (locals($self)) {
                         $self->wq_io_do('query_one_mset', [], $ibxish);
                 }
@@ -531,7 +496,7 @@ sub start_query ($$) { # always runs in main (lei-daemon) process
 }
 
 sub incr_start_query { # called whenever an l2m shard starts do_post_auth
-        my ($self, $lei) = @_;
+        my ($lei, $self) = @_;
         my $l2m = $lei->{l2m};
         return if ++$self->{nr_start_query} != $l2m->{-wq_nr_workers};
         start_query($self, $lei);
@@ -546,17 +511,20 @@ sub ipc_atfork_child {
 sub do_query {
         my ($self, $lei) = @_;
         my $l2m = $lei->{l2m};
+        my $qstr = \($lei->{mset_opt}->{qstr});
+        chomp $$qstr;
+        $$qstr =~ s/[ \n\t]+/ /sg; # make URLs and $0 less ugly
         my $ops = {
-                'sigpipe_handler' => [ $lei ],
-                'fail_handler' => [ $lei ],
-                'do_post_augment' => [ \&do_post_augment, $lei ],
-                'incr_post_augment' => [ \&incr_post_augment, $lei ],
+                sigpipe_handler => [ $lei ],
+                fail_handler => [ $lei ],
+                do_post_augment => [ \&do_post_augment, $lei ],
+                incr_post_augment => [ \&incr_post_augment, $lei ],
                 '' => [ \&query_done, $lei ],
-                'mset_progress' => [ \&mset_progress, $lei ],
-                'l2m_progress' => [ \&l2m_progress, $lei ],
-                'x_it' => [ $lei ],
-                'child_error' => [ $lei ],
-                'incr_start_query' => [ $self, $lei ],
+                mset_progress => [ \&mset_progress, $lei ],
+                incr => [ $lei ],
+                x_it => [ $lei ],
+                child_error => [ $lei ],
+                incr_start_query => [ \&incr_start_query, $lei, $self ],
         };
         $lei->{auth}->op_merge($ops, $l2m, $lei) if $l2m && $lei->{auth};
         my $end = $lei->pkt_op_pair;
@@ -569,7 +537,6 @@ sub do_query {
                 if ($lei->{opt}->{augment} && delete $lei->{early_mua}) {
                         $lei->start_mua;
                 }
-                my $F_SETPIPE_SZ = $^O eq 'linux' ? 1031 : undef;
                 if ($l2m->{-wq_nr_workers} > 1 &&
                                 $l2m->{base_type} =~ /\A(?:maildir|mbox)\z/) {
                         # setup two barriers to coordinate ->has_entries
@@ -581,20 +548,19 @@ sub do_query {
                         $l2m->{au_peers} = [ $a_r, $a_w, $b_r, $b_w ];
                 }
                 $l2m->wq_workers_start('lei2mail', undef,
-                                        $lei->oldset, { lei => $lei });
-                $l2m->wq_wait_async(\&xsearch_done_wait, $lei);
+                                        $lei->oldset, { lei => $lei },
+                                        \&xsearch_done_wait, $lei);
                 pipe($lei->{startq}, $lei->{au_done}) or die "pipe: $!";
                 fcntl($lei->{startq}, $F_SETPIPE_SZ, 4096) if $F_SETPIPE_SZ;
                 delete $l2m->{au_peers};
+                close(delete $l2m->{-wq_s2}); # share wq_s1 with lei_xsearch
         }
         $self->wq_workers_start('lei_xsearch', undef,
-                                $lei->oldset, { lei => $lei });
-        $self->wq_wait_async(\&xsearch_done_wait, $lei);
+                                $lei->oldset, { lei => $lei },
+                                \&xsearch_done_wait, $lei);
         my $op_c = delete $lei->{pkt_op_c};
         delete $lei->{pkt_op_p};
         @$end = ();
-        $self->{opt_threads} = $lei->{opt}->{threads};
-        $self->{opt_sort} = $lei->{opt}->{'sort'};
         $self->{-do_lcat} = !!(delete $lei->{lcat_todo});
         if ($l2m) {
                 $l2m->net_merge_all_done($lei) unless $lei->{auth};
@@ -612,34 +578,40 @@ sub add_uri {
                 require IO::Uncompress::Gunzip;
                 require PublicInbox::LeiCurl;
                 push @{$self->{remotes}}, $uri;
+                $uri;
         } else {
                 warn "curl missing, ignoring $uri\n";
+                undef;
         }
 }
 
+# returns URI or PublicInbox::Inbox-like object
 sub prepare_external {
         my ($self, $loc, $boost) = @_; # n.b. already ordered by boost
         if (ref $loc) { # already a URI, or PublicInbox::Inbox-like object
                 return add_uri($self, $loc) if $loc->can('scheme');
+                # fall-through on Inbox-like objects
         } elsif ($loc =~ m!\Ahttps?://!) {
                 require URI;
                 return add_uri($self, URI->new($loc));
-        } elsif (-f "$loc/ei.lock") {
+        } elsif (-f "$loc/ei.lock" && -d "$loc/ALL.git/objects") {
                 require PublicInbox::ExtSearch;
                 die "`\\n' not allowed in `$loc'\n" if index($loc, "\n") >= 0;
                 $loc = PublicInbox::ExtSearch->new($loc);
-        } elsif (-f "$loc/inbox.lock" || -d "$loc/public-inbox") {
+        } elsif ((-f "$loc/inbox.lock" && -d "$loc/all.git/objects") ||
+                        (-d "$loc/public-inbox" && -d "$loc/objects")) {
                 die "`\\n' not allowed in `$loc'\n" if index($loc, "\n") >= 0;
                 require PublicInbox::Inbox; # v2, v1
                 $loc = bless { inboxdir => $loc }, 'PublicInbox::Inbox';
         } elsif (!-e $loc) {
                 warn "W: $loc gone, perhaps run: lei forget-external $loc\n";
-                return;
+                return undef;
         } else {
                 warn "W: $loc ignored, unable to determine external type\n";
-                return;
+                return undef;
         }
         push @{$self->{locals}}, $loc;
+        $loc;
 }
 
 sub _lcat_i { # LeiMailSync->each_src iterator callback