lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm        | 3 +++
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm    | 1 -
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm | 1 -
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm  | 1 +
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiP2q.pm     | 4 +---
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm   | 1 -
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index a949ae3e7c39175ed7d07c76f55ee1f1c6e19198..cfbf12f00f2bebbc73c115c0aebb775513f03f23 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use PublicInbox::Sigfd;
 use PublicInbox::DS qw(now dwaitpid);
 use PublicInbox::Spawn qw(spawn popen_rd);
 use PublicInbox::Lock;
+use PublicInbox::Eml;
 use Time::HiRes qw(stat); # ctime comparisons for config cache
 use File::Path qw(mkpath);
 use File::Spec;
@@ -509,6 +510,8 @@ 	undef $listener;
 	%PATH2CFG = ();
 	undef $errors_log;
 	$quit = \&CORE::exit;
+	$self->{-eml_noisy} or # only "lei import" sets this atm
+		$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
 	$current_lei = $persist ? undef : $self; # for SIG{__WARN__}
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm
index 0b96bd04cef553196d9f6e2b2227349c6c934907..ff079e6584413d7b54aefba64cc2ca793f7ff2e1 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiBlob.pm
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
 sub ipc_atfork_child {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	$self->{lei}->_lei_atfork_child;
-	$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
 	$self->SUPER::ipc_atfork_child;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
index 0c3241694f70d525fe7300a7eddced06c77012f6..14bed901f75fe5a67315c3fe98a79d466633215b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ 	if (my $net = $lei->{net}) { # may prompt user once
 		$net->{mics_cached} = $net->imap_common_init($lei);
 		$net->{nn_cached} = $net->nntp_common_init($lei);
 	}
-	$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
 	$l2m->pre_augment($lei);
 	$l2m->do_augment($lei);
 	$l2m->post_augment($lei);
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
index e0d899cc0a015437a815a89015464b2f206e0e48..f2a0c95a27ab99dbba1bac42705be5f0ebc29023 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ 	}
 	my $ops = {};
 	$lei->{auth}->op_merge($ops, $self) if $lei->{auth};
 	$self->{-wq_nr_workers} = $j // 1; # locked
+	$lei->{-eml_noisy} = 1;
 	(my $op_c, $ops) = $lei->workers_start($self, 'lei-import', $j, $ops);
 	$lei->{imp} = $self;
 	net_merge_complete($self) unless $lei->{auth};
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiP2q.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiP2q.pm
index 07357e32106ac5ab7aaf3b3c029975ce624468ec..deb3197483fd2186a3e75028d36b86d474d5cab0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiP2q.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiP2q.pm
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ }
 
 sub ipc_atfork_child {
 	my ($self) = @_;
-	my $lei = $self->{lei};
-	$lei->_lei_atfork_child;
-	$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
+	$self->{lei}->_lei_atfork_child;
 	$self->SUPER::ipc_atfork_child;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
index 1cf7ffc1d206428ecb4b594620cb41a918465053..fcc9224d4644d7c2c6d97a96a99128155539c329 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ 	if (my $err = delete($self->{err_pipe})) {
 		close $err->[0];
 		$self->{-err_wr} = $err->[1];
 	}
-	$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
 	$self->SUPER::ipc_atfork_child;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 018b60f965648fb93025a99ef6a2af0d1956bdb2..b3fd79d005c9ad00954c6d6e9b5edfce4e653c3d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@
 sub ipc_atfork_child {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	$self->{lei}->_lei_atfork_child;
-	$SIG{__WARN__} = PublicInbox::Eml::warn_ignore_cb();
 	$self->SUPER::ipc_atfork_child;
 }