1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index e8683210..93f654f6 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use fields qw(nntpd article rbuf ng long_res);
  use PublicInbox::Search;
  use PublicInbox::Msgmap;
  use PublicInbox::Git;
-use PublicInbox::MID qw(mid2path);
  require PublicInbox::EvCleanup;
  use Email::Simple;
  use POSIX qw(strftime);
@@ -481,10 +480,9 @@ find_mid:
                  defined $mid or return $err;
          }
  found:
-        my $o = 'HEAD:' . mid2path($mid);
          my $bytes;
-        my $s = eval { Email::Simple->new($ng->git->cat_file($o, \$bytes)) };
-        return $err unless $s;
+        my $s = eval { $ng->msg_by_mid($mid, \$bytes) } or return $err;
+        $s = Email::Simple->new($s);
          my $lines;
          if ($set_headers) {
                  set_nntp_headers($s->header_obj, $ng, $n, $mid);