skip 'Xapian missing', 3 if $level eq 'basic';
my $x = $mic->search(qw(header subject embedded));
is(scalar(@$x), 1, 'MSN SEARCH on Subject works after rm');
- $x = $mic->message_string($x->[0]);
- is($x, $ret->{2}->{RFC822}, 'message 2 unchanged');
+ SKIP: {
+ skip 'previous test failed', 1 if !scalar(@$x);
+ $x = $mic->message_string($x->[0]);
+ is($x, $ret->{2}->{RFC822}, 'message 2 unchanged');
+ }
$x = $mic->search(qw(text embedded));
is(scalar(@$x), 1, 'MSN SEARCH on TEXT works after rm');
}