+#!perl -w
+# Copyright (C) 2021 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+use strict; use v5.10.1; use PublicInbox::TestCommon;
+require_git 2.6;
+require_mods(qw(json DBD::SQLite Search::Xapian));
+use PublicInbox::MboxReader;
+my ($ro_home, $cfg_path) = setup_public_inboxes;
+my $sock = tcp_server;
+my ($tmpdir, $for_destroy) = tmpdir;
+my $cmd = [ '-httpd', '-W0', "--stdout=$tmpdir/1", "--stderr=$tmpdir/2" ];
+my $env = { PI_CONFIG => $cfg_path };
+my $td = start_script($cmd, $env, { 3 => $sock }) or BAIL_OUT("-httpd: $?");
+my $host_port = tcp_host_port($sock);
+my $url = "http://$host_port/t2/";
+my $exp1 = [ eml_load('t/plack-qp.eml') ];
+my $exp2 = [ eml_load('t/iso-2202-jp.eml') ];
+my $slurp_emls = sub {
+ open my $fh, '<', $_[0] or BAIL_OUT "open: $!";
+ my @eml;
+ PublicInbox::MboxReader->mboxrd($fh, sub {
+ my $eml = shift;
+ $eml->header_set('Status');
+ push @eml, $eml;
+ });
+ \@eml;
+};
+
+test_lei({ tmpdir => $tmpdir }, sub {
+ my $o = "$ENV{HOME}/o.mboxrd";
+ my @cmd = ('q', '-o', "mboxrd:$o", 'm:qp@example.com');
+ lei_ok(@cmd);
+ ok(-f $o && !-s _, 'output exists but is empty');
+ unlink $o or BAIL_OUT $!;
+ lei_ok(@cmd, '-I', $url);
+ is_deeply($slurp_emls->($o), $exp1, 'got results after remote search');
+ unlink $o or BAIL_OUT $!;
+ lei_ok(@cmd);
+ ok(-f $o && -s _, 'output exists after import but is not empty');
+ is_deeply($slurp_emls->($o), $exp1, 'got results w/o remote search');
+ unlink $o or BAIL_OUT $!;
+
+ $cmd[-1] = 'm:199707281508.AAA24167@hoyogw.example';
+ lei_ok(@cmd, '-I', $url, '--no-import-remote');
+ is_deeply($slurp_emls->($o), $exp2, 'got another after remote search');
+ unlink $o or BAIL_OUT $!;
+ lei_ok(@cmd);
+ ok(-f $o && !-s _, '--no-import-remote did not memoize');
+});
+done_testing;