1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
index accf08f5..e3c756e8 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ use parent qw(PublicInbox::IPC PublicInbox::LeiInput);
  sub input_eml_cb { # used by PublicInbox::LeiInput::input_fh
          my ($self, $eml, $vmd) = @_;
          my $xoids = $self->{lei}->{ale}->xoids_for($eml);
+        if (my $all_vmd = $self->{all_vmd}) {
+                $vmd //= {};
+                @$vmd{keys %$all_vmd} = values %$all_vmd;
+        }
          $self->{lei}->{sto}->ipc_do('set_eml', $eml, $vmd, $xoids);
  }
  
@@ -53,6 +57,9 @@ sub lei_import { # the main "lei import" method
          $sto->write_prepare($lei);
          my $self = bless {}, __PACKAGE__;
          $self->{-import_kw} = $lei->{opt}->{kw} // 1;
+        my $vmd_mod = $self->vmd_mod_extract(\@inputs);
+        return $lei->fail(join("\n", @{$vmd_mod->{err}})) if $vmd_mod->{err};
+        $self->{all_vmd} = $vmd_mod if scalar keys %$vmd_mod;
          $self->prepare_inputs($lei, \@inputs) or return;
          $lei->ale; # initialize for workers to read
          my $j = $lei->{opt}->{jobs} // scalar(@{$self->{inputs}}) || 1;