lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
index a7382169d4286dba3c05fcfb10a2162218de2ac0..078f2551cacff90287bf77c7e89c2efd6942512a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ 	$dedupe->prepare_dedupe if $dedupe;
 	my $dst = $lei->{ovv}->{dst};
 	my $lse = $lei->{lse}; # may be undef
 	my $sto = $lei->{opt}->{'mail-sync'} ? $lei->{sto} : undef;
-	my $out = $sto ? 'maildir:'.$lei->rel2abs($dst) : undef;
+	my $out = $sto ? 'maildir:'.$lei->abs_path($dst) : undef;
 
 	# Favor cur/ and only write to new/ when augmenting.  This
 	# saves MUAs from having to do a mass rename when the initial