On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:41:20 +0000, Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote: > As I see this every time I poll for new mail, the joke becomes very old > very quickly. The other instances of "not much" are shown much less > often and have a much more natural style, this one however feels forced, > impairing the humorous effect. Fine. My joke wen stale quickly. I'll agree to remove it. > - } else { > - printf ("No new mail---and that's not much.\n"); > } Shouldn't we still print *something* here, though ("No new mail")? Imagine the new user trying to ensure "notmuch new" is working---and let's say it's not, (due to the current symlink bug or so). A silent success here won't make it clear whether "notmuch new" has actually done anything or not. -Carl