+sub mid2num($$) {
+ my ($self, $mid) = @_;
+ my $mm = mm($self) or return;
+ $mm->num_for($mid);
+}
+
+sub smsg_by_mid ($$) {
+ my ($self, $mid) = @_;
+ my $srch = search($self) or return;
+ # favor the Message-ID we used for the NNTP article number:
+ my $num = mid2num($self, $mid);
+ defined $num ? $srch->lookup_article($num) : undef;
+}
+