+2004-01-17  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
+
+       * gnus-registry.el (gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent):
+       Suppress unnecessary messages.  From Nevin Kapur
+       <nkapur@cs.caltech.edu>.
+
 2004-01-20  Jesper Harder  <harder@ifa.au.dk>
 
        * spam-stat.el (spam-stat-to-hash-table): Use :size argument in
 
                 (unless (equal res (gnus-registry-fetch-group key))
                   (setq single-match nil))
                 (setq res (gnus-registry-fetch-group key))
-                (gnus-message
-                 ;; raise level of messaging if gnus-registry-track-extra
-                 (if gnus-registry-track-extra 5 9)
-                 "%s (extra tracking) traced sender %s to group %s"
-                 "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent"
-                 sender
-                 (if res res "nil")))))
+                (when (and sender res)
+                  (gnus-message
+                   ;; raise level of messaging if gnus-registry-track-extra
+                   (if gnus-registry-track-extra 5 9)
+                   "%s (extra tracking) traced sender %s to group %s"
+                   "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent"
+                   sender
+                   res)))))
           gnus-registry-hashtb))
        (when (and single-match
                   (gnus-registry-track-subject-p)
                 (unless (equal res (gnus-registry-fetch-group key))
                   (setq single-match nil))
                 (setq res (gnus-registry-fetch-group key))
-                (gnus-message
-                 ;; raise level of messaging if gnus-registry-track-extra
-                 (if gnus-registry-track-extra 5 9)
-                 "%s (extra tracking) traced subject %s to group %s"
-                 "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent"
-                 subject
-                 (if res res "nil")))))
+                (when (and subject res)
+                  (gnus-message
+                   ;; raise level of messaging if gnus-registry-track-extra
+                   (if gnus-registry-track-extra 5 9)
+                   "%s (extra tracking) traced subject %s to group %s"
+                   "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent"
+                   subject
+                   res)))))
           gnus-registry-hashtb))
        (unless single-match
          (gnus-message
           "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent: too many extra matches for %s"
           refstr)
          (setq res nil))))
-    (gnus-message
-     5 
-     "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent traced %s to group %s"
-     refstr (if res res "nil"))
+    (when (and refstr res)
+      (gnus-message
+       5
+       "gnus-registry-split-fancy-with-parent traced %s to group %s"
+       refstr res))
 
     (when (and res gnus-registry-use-long-group-names)
       (let ((m1 (gnus-find-method-for-group res))