1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail.el b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
index ae3fbbd7e3f..e1a180190ec 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
@@ -1727,7 +1727,9 @@ It returns t if it got any new messages."
                      (insert "X-Coding-System: "
                              (symbol-name last-coding-system-used)
                              "\n")))
-               (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max)))
+               (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
+               (and (= 0 (% count 10))
+                    (message "Converting to Babyl...%d" count)))
               ;;*** MMDF format
               ((let ((case-fold-search t))
                  (looking-at rmail-mmdf-delim1))
@@ -1752,7 +1754,9 @@ It returns t if it got any new messages."
                          (symbol-name last-coding-system-used)
                          "\n"))
                (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
-               (setq count (1+ count)))
+               (setq count (1+ count))
+               (and (= 0 (% count 10))
+                    (message "Converting to Babyl...%d" count)))
               ;;*** Mail format
               ((looking-at "^From ")
                (insert "\^L\n0, unseen,,\n*** EOOH ***\n")
@@ -1858,7 +1862,9 @@ It returns t if it got any new messages."
                  (insert "X-Coding-System: "
                          (symbol-name last-coding-system-used)
                          "\n"))
-               (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max)))
+               (narrow-to-region (point) (point-max))
+               (and (= 0 (% count 10))
+                    (message "Converting to Babyl...%d" count)))
               ;;
               ;; This kludge is because some versions of sendmail.el
               ;; insert an extra newline at the beginning that shouldn't