1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 006da8d0..dfae44f8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -741,19 +741,27 @@ sub sort_ts {
          } @_;
  }
  
+sub _tryload_ghost ($$) {
+        my ($srch, $node) = @_;
+        my $mid = $node->messageid;
+        my $smsg = $srch->lookup_mail($mid) or return;
+        $smsg->mini_mime;
+}
+
  # accumulate recent topics if search is supported
  # returns 1 if done, undef if not
  sub add_topic {
          my ($state, $node, $level) = @_;
          return unless $node;
          my $child_adjust = 1;
-
-        if (my $x = $node->message) {
+        my $srch = $state->{srch};
+        my $x = $node->message || _tryload_ghost($srch, $node);
+        if ($x) {
                  $x = $x->header_obj;
                  my $subj;
  
                  $subj = $x->header('Subject');
-                $subj = $state->{srch}->subject_normalized($subj);
+                $subj = $srch->subject_normalized($subj);
  
                  if (++$state->{subjs}->{$subj} == 1) {
                          push @{$state->{order}}, [ $level, $subj ];