diff -urd mutt-cvs/PATCHES mutt-new/PATCHES
--- mutt-cvs/PATCHES	2002-12-09 18:44:54.000000000 +0100
+++ mutt-new/PATCHES	2006-11-22 04:15:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch-1.5.13cvs.vl.time_inc.1
diff -urd mutt-cvs/curs_lib.c mutt-new/curs_lib.c
--- mutt-cvs/curs_lib.c	2006-11-18 23:04:21.000000000 +0100
+++ mutt-new/curs_lib.c	2006-11-22 04:19:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/times.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@
 static size_t UngetBufLen = 0;
 static event_t *KeyEvent;
 
+static struct tms tms_buf;
+static unsigned long time_inc;
+static unsigned long clk;
+
 void mutt_refresh (void)
 {
   /* don't refresh when we are waiting for a child. */
@@ -332,6 +338,8 @@
 {
   if (!progress)
     return;
+  time_inc = sysconf (_SC_CLK_TCK) / 4;
+  clk = times (&tms_buf);
   memset (progress, 0, sizeof (progress_t));
   progress->inc = inc;
   progress->flags = flags;
@@ -344,6 +352,7 @@
 {
   char posstr[SHORT_STRING];
   short update = 0;
+  unsigned long new_clk;
 
   if (!pos)
   {
@@ -383,10 +392,15 @@
   if (update)
   {
     progress->pos = pos;
-    if (progress->size)
-      mutt_message ("%s %s/%s", progress->msg, posstr, progress->sizestr);
-    else
-      mutt_message ("%s %s", progress->msg, posstr);
+    new_clk = times (&tms_buf);
+    if (new_clk >= clk)
+    {
+      clk = new_clk + time_inc;
+      if (progress->size)
+        mutt_message ("%s %s/%s", progress->msg, posstr, progress->sizestr);
+      else
+        mutt_message ("%s %s", progress->msg, posstr);
+    }
   }
 
   if (pos >= progress->size)