lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm   |  2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 14 ++++++++++++++
 t/nntpd.t                 |  2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
index 895e5023a50b702c17df31f82e86f1e203d97f9c..fb65ddc07dc060db7027bd86671d4f940776888a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/NNTP.pm
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ 	my $opts = { asc => 1, limit => 1000, offset => 0 };
 	long_response($self, 0, long_response_limit, sub {
 		my ($i) = @_;
 		my $srch = $srch[0];
-		my $res = $srch->query($ts, $opts);
+		my $res = $srch->query_ts($ts, $opts);
 		my $msgs = $res->{msgs};
 		if (my $nr = scalar @$msgs) {
 			more($self, '<' .
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 802984b0ab8b7109bc0ca6e6b7ce6f721dc5c884..4dc274723d6ca8e34ca19821256308d47ea7058d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -330,6 +330,20 @@ 	};
 	_do_enquire($self, $query, $opts);
 }
 
+sub query_ts {
+	my ($self, $ts, $opts) = @_;
+	my $qp = $self->{qp_ts} ||= eval {
+		my $q = Search::Xapian::QueryParser->new;
+		$q->set_database($self->{skel} || $self->{xdb});
+		$q->add_valuerangeprocessor(
+			Search::Xapian::NumberValueRangeProcessor->new(TS));
+		$q
+	};
+	my $query = $qp->parse_query($ts, QP_FLAGS);
+	$opts->{enquire} = enquire_skel($self);
+	_do_enquire($self, $query, $opts);
+}
+
 sub lookup_skeleton {
 	my ($self, $mid) = @_;
 	my $skel = $self->{skel} or return lookup_message($self, $mid);
diff --git a/t/nntpd.t b/t/nntpd.t
index ea0d293947b9d42114d94144a98927ae1ff50c42..de781d74b3b85bc88ab193865200dc78ba3982a9 100644
--- a/t/nntpd.t
+++ b/t/nntpd.t
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ 		 'XHDR References 1- works (empty string)');
 	is_deeply($n->xhdr(qw(list-id 1-)), {},
 		 'XHDR on invalid header returns empty');
 
+	my $mids = $n->newnews(0, '*');
+	is_deeply($mids, ['<nntp@example.com>'], 'NEWNEWS works');
 	{
 		my $t0 = time;
 		my $date = $n->date;