diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d9305c1..4e69771 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(isync.h)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(isync,0.6)
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
-if test $CC = gcc; then
-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe"
-fi
 AC_ARG_WITH(ssl-dir, [  --with-ssl-dir=DIR	location where openssl is insalled],
 	[if test -d $withval/lib; then
 		LIBS="$LIBS -L$withval/lib"
@@ -17,5 +14,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,inet_ntoa)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(crypto,ERR_error_string)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ssl,SSL_library_init)
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -W -Wall -pedantic -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations"
+dnl test for gcc.  use the prefix so we know that gcc-3.0 is also gcc
+if test `echo $CC | sed s,^gcc.*,gcc,` = gcc; then
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pipe -W -Wall -Wshadow -Wmissing-prototypes"
+fi
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)
diff --git a/imap.c b/imap.c
index 65510d3..706eaa8 100644
--- a/imap.c
+++ b/imap.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ imap_open (config_t * box, unsigned int minuid, imap_t * imap)
 {
     int ret;
     int s;
-    struct sockaddr_in sin;
+    struct sockaddr_in addr;
     struct hostent *he;
     int reuse = 0;
 #if HAVE_LIBSSL
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ imap_open (config_t * box, unsigned int minuid, imap_t * imap)
     {
 	/* open connection to IMAP server */
 
-	memset (&sin, 0, sizeof (sin));
-	sin.sin_port = htons (box->port);
-	sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	memset (&addr, 0, sizeof (addr));
+	addr.sin_port = htons (box->port);
+	addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
 
 	printf ("Resolving %s... ", box->host);
 	fflush (stdout);
@@ -626,14 +626,14 @@ imap_open (config_t * box, unsigned int minuid, imap_t * imap)
 	}
 	puts ("ok");
 
-	sin.sin_addr.s_addr = *((int *) he->h_addr_list[0]);
+	addr.sin_addr.s_addr = *((int *) he->h_addr_list[0]);
 
 	s = socket (PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 
-	printf ("Connecting to %s:%hu... ", inet_ntoa (sin.sin_addr),
-		ntohs (sin.sin_port));
+	printf ("Connecting to %s:%hu... ", inet_ntoa (addr.sin_addr),
+		ntohs (addr.sin_port));
 	fflush (stdout);
-	if (connect (s, (struct sockaddr *) &sin, sizeof (sin)))
+	if (connect (s, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof (addr)))
 	{
 	    perror ("connect");
 	    exit (1);
diff --git a/isync.h b/isync.h
index f008fa0..33cbb6d 100644
--- a/isync.h
+++ b/isync.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ imap_t;
 /* flags for sync_mailbox */
 #define	SYNC_DELETE	(1<<0)	/* delete local that don't exist on server */
 #define SYNC_EXPUNGE	(1<<1)	/* don't fetch deleted messages */
+#define SYNC_QUIET	(1<<2)	/* only display critical errors */
 
 extern config_t global;
 extern config_t *boxes;
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 58b5cea..3d55f80 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -286,7 +286,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if (!quiet)
 	    puts ("Synchronizing");
-	i = (delete || box->delete) ? SYNC_DELETE : 0;
+	i = 0;
+	if (quiet)
+	    i |= SYNC_QUIET;
+	i |= (delete || box->delete) ? SYNC_DELETE : 0;
 	i |= (expunge || box->expunge) ? SYNC_EXPUNGE : 0;
 	if (sync_mailbox (mail, imap, i, box->max_size))
 	    exit (1);
diff --git a/sync.c b/sync.c
index 92af851..3450278 100644
--- a/sync.c
+++ b/sync.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
     int fd;
     int ret;
     int fetched = 0;
+    int upload = 0;
 
     if (mbox->uidvalidity > 0)
     {
@@ -91,9 +92,17 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 	    if (cur->uid == (unsigned int) -1)
 	    {
 		struct stat sb;
-		int fd;
 		int uid;
 
+		if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
+		{
+		    if (!upload)
+			fputs ("Uploading messages", stdout);
+		    fputc ('.', stdout);
+		    fflush (stdout);
+		    upload++;
+		}
+
 		/* upload the message if its not too big */
 		snprintf (path, sizeof (path), "%s/%s/%s", mbox->path,
 			  cur->new ? "new" : "cur", cur->file);
@@ -106,9 +115,10 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 		}
 		if (imap->box->max_size > 0 && sb.st_size > imap->box->max_size)
 		{
-		    printf
-			("Warning, local message is too large (%ld), skipping...\n",
-			 sb.st_size);
+		    if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
+			printf
+			    ("Warning, local message is too large (%ld), skipping...\n",
+			     sb.st_size);
 		    continue;
 		}
 		fd = open (path, O_RDONLY);
@@ -130,9 +140,6 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 		 */
 		if (uid != -1)
 		{
-		    char newpath[_POSIX_PATH_MAX];
-		    char *p;
-
 		    strfcpy (newpath, path, sizeof (newpath));
 		    /* kill :info field */
 		    p = strchr (newpath, ':');
@@ -153,17 +160,18 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 			perror ("rename");
 		}
 	    }
-	    else
+	    else if (flags & SYNC_DELETE)
 	    {
+		cur->flags |= D_DELETED;
+		cur->dead = 1;
+		mbox->deleted++;
+	    }
+	    /* if the user doesn't want local msgs deleted when they don't
+	     * exist on the server, warn that such messages exist.
+	     */
+	    else if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
 		printf ("Warning, uid %u doesn't exist on server\n",
 			cur->uid);
-		if (flags & SYNC_DELETE)
-		{
-		    cur->flags |= D_DELETED;
-		    cur->dead = 1;
-		    mbox->deleted++;
-		}
-	    }
 	    continue;
 	}
 	tmp->processed = 1;
@@ -203,8 +211,15 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 	}
     }
 
-    fputs ("Fetching new messages", stdout);
-    fflush (stdout);
+    if (upload)
+	fprintf (stdout, " %d messages.\n", upload);
+
+
+    if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
+    {
+	fputs ("Fetching new messages", stdout);
+	fflush (stdout);
+    }
     for (cur = imap->msgs; cur; cur = cur->next)
     {
 	if (!cur->processed)
@@ -222,9 +237,10 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 
 	    if (max_size && cur->size > max_size)
 	    {
-		printf
-		    ("Warning, message skipped because it is too big (%u)\n",
-		     cur->size);
+		if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
+		    printf
+			("Warning, message skipped because it is too big (%u)\n",
+			 cur->size);
 		continue;
 	    }
 
@@ -261,9 +277,12 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 	    if (fd < 0)
 		continue;
 
-	    /* give some visual feedback that something is happening */
-	    fputs (".", stdout);
-	    fflush (stdout);
+	    if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
+	    {
+		/* give some visual feedback that something is happening */
+		fputs (".", stdout);
+		fflush (stdout);
+	    }
 	    fetched++;
 
 	    ret = imap_fetch_message (imap, cur->uid, fd);
@@ -293,7 +312,9 @@ sync_mailbox (mailbox_t * mbox, imap_t * imap, int flags,
 	    unlink (path);
 	}
     }
-    printf ("  %d messages\n", fetched);
+
+    if ((flags & SYNC_QUIET) == 0)
+	printf ("  %d messages\n", fetched);
 
     return 0;
 }