1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 4362a002..4b3830e2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -251,10 +251,11 @@ sub subject_summary {
                          last if length($new) >= $max;
                          $subj = $new;
                  }
-                if (length $subj) {
+                if ($subj ne '') {
                          my $r = scalar @subj ? ' ...' : '';
                          $subj =~ s/ \z/$r/s;
                  } else {
+                        # subject has one REALLY long word, and NOT spam? wtf
                          @subj = ($l =~ /\A(.{1,72})/);
                          $subj = $subj[0] . ' ...';
                  }