lib/PublicInbox/DirIdle.pm     | 3 ++-
 lib/PublicInbox/FakeInotify.pm | 3 +++
 lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm         | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/DirIdle.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/DirIdle.pm
index 270d3829bc3e25669a433def9346bca0a0d927ff..9206da9cb710186462ffefd10cb4af0764f7e615 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/DirIdle.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/DirIdle.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ 	$MAIL_IN = Linux::Inotify2::IN_MOVED_TO() |
 		Linux::Inotify2::IN_CREATE();
 	$MAIL_GONE = Linux::Inotify2::IN_DELETE() |
 			Linux::Inotify2::IN_DELETE_SELF() |
-			Linux::Inotify2::IN_MOVE_SELF();
+			Linux::Inotify2::IN_MOVE_SELF() |
+			Linux::Inotify2::IN_MOVED_FROM();
 	$ino_cls = 'Linux::Inotify2';
 # Perl 5.22+ is needed for fileno(DIRHANDLE) support:
 } elsif ($^V ge v5.22 && eval { require PublicInbox::KQNotify }) {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/FakeInotify.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/FakeInotify.pm
index 641bc5bdc7c62987e390ad0f134dcdee32930774..6d2696019d8324fc3676d4e49efb783e10efc15a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/FakeInotify.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/FakeInotify.pm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use parent qw(Exporter);
 use Time::HiRes qw(stat);
 use PublicInbox::DS qw(add_timer);
 sub IN_MODIFY () { 0x02 } # match Linux inotify
+# my $IN_MOVED_FROM	 0x00000040	/* File was moved from X.  */
 # my $IN_MOVED_TO = 0x80;
 # my $IN_CREATE = 0x100;
 sub MOVED_TO_OR_CREATE () { 0x80 | 0x100 }
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@
 sub fullname { ${$_[0]} }
 
 sub IN_DELETE { 0 }
+sub IN_MOVED_FROM { 0 }
 sub IN_DELETE_SELF { 0 }
 
 package PublicInbox::FakeInotify::GoneEvent;
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ use strict;
 our @ISA = qw(PublicInbox::FakeInotify::Event);
 
 sub IN_DELETE { 1 }
+sub IN_MOVED_FROM { 0 }
 
 package PublicInbox::FakeInotify::SelfGoneEvent;
 use strict;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index c1f28f7b31bf03d82bfe22eb76a226988f307054..b68e526bf365e056b8044a5fc89ff7527ca75a93 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ 	my ($ev) = @_; # Linux::Inotify2::Event or duck type
 	my $fn = $ev->fullname;
 	if ($fn =~ m!\A(.+)/(new|cur)/([^/]+)\z!) { # Maildir file
 		my ($mdir, $nc, $bn) = ($1, $2, $3);
-		$nc = '' if $ev->IN_DELETE;
+		$nc = '' if $ev->IN_DELETE || $ev->IN_MOVED_FROM;
 		for my $f (keys %{$MDIR2CFGPATH->{$mdir} // {}}) {
 			my $cfg = $PATH2CFG{$f} // next;
 			eval {