(char *) NULL);
try {
- /* The first order of business is to find/create a message ID. */
+ /* Before we do any real work, (especially before doing a
+ * potential SHA-1 computation on the entire file's contents),
+ * let's make sure that what we're looking at looks like an
+ * actual email message.
+ */
+ from = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "from");
+ subject = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "subject");
+ to = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "to");
+
+ if (from == NULL &&
+ subject == NULL &&
+ to == NULL)
+ {
+ ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL;
+ goto DONE;
+ }
+
+ /* Now that we're sure it's mail, the first order of business
+ * is to find a message ID (or else create one ourselves). */
header = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "message-id");
if (header) {
date = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "date");
_notmuch_message_set_date (message, date);
- from = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "from");
- subject = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "subject");
- to = notmuch_message_file_get_header (message_file, "to");
-
- if (from == NULL &&
- subject == NULL &&
- to == NULL)
- {
- ret = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_NOT_EMAIL;
- goto DONE;
- }
-
_notmuch_message_index_file (message, filename);
_notmuch_message_sync (message);