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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index cdb4b347..475af8f0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ sub start_mua {
         if ($self->{lxs} && $self->{au_done}) { # kick wait_startq
                 syswrite($self->{au_done}, 'q' x ($self->{lxs}->{jobs} // 0));
         }
+        return unless -t $self->{2}; # XXX how to determine non-TUI MUAs?
         $self->{opt}->{quiet} = 1;
         delete $self->{-progress};
         delete $self->{opt}->{verbose};