diff -up logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl.pom logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl
--- logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl.pom	2008-01-08 10:25:25.000000000 +0100
+++ logwatch-7.3.6/scripts/logwatch.pl	2008-01-08 10:31:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sub Usage () {
       "   [--print] [--mailto <addr>] [--archives] [--range <range>] [--debug <level>]\n" .
       "   [--save <filename>] [--help] [--version] [--service <name>]\n" .
       "   [--numeric] [--output <output_type>]\n" .
-      "   [--splithosts] [--multiemail]\n\n";
+      "   [--splithosts] [--multiemail] [--no-oldfiles-log]\n\n";
    print "--detail <level>: Report Detail Level - High, Med, Low or any #.\n";
    print "--logfile <name>: *Name of a logfile definition to report on.\n";
    print "--logdir <name>: Name of default directory where logs are stored.\n";
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ sub Usage () {
    print "              not using --splithosts.\n";
    print "--output <output type>: Report Format - mail, html or unformatted#.\n";
    print "--encode: Use base64 encoding on output mail.\n";
+   print "--no-oldfiles-log: Suppress the logwatch log, which informs about the\n"; 
+   print "                   old files in logwatch tmpdir.\n"; 
    print "--version: Displays current version.\n";
    print "--help: This message.\n";
    print "* = Switch can be specified multiple times...\n\n";
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ my @TempLogFileList = ();
 my @TempServiceList = ();
 my $Help = 0;
 my $ShowVersion = 0;
+my $NoOldfilesLog = 0;
 my $tmp_mailto;
 
 GetOptions ( "d|detail=s"   => \$Config{'detail'},
@@ -340,7 +343,8 @@ GetOptions ( "d|detail=s"   => \$Config{
              "multiemail"   => \$Config{'multiemail'},
              "o|output=s"   => \$Config{'output'},
              "encode"       => \$Config{'encode'},
-             "html_wrap=s"  => \$Config{'html_wrap'}
+             "html_wrap=s"  => \$Config{'html_wrap'},
+             "no-oldfiles-log" => \$NoOldfilesLog
            ) or Usage();
 
 $Help and Usage();
@@ -751,7 +755,7 @@ if ($Config{'debug'} > 7) {
 opendir(TMPDIR, $Config{'tmpdir'}) or die "$Config{'tmpdir'} $!";
 my @old_dirs = grep { /^logwatch\.\w{8}$/ && -d "$Config{'tmpdir'}/$_" }
    readdir(TMPDIR);
-if (@old_dirs) {
+if ((@old_dirs) && ($NoOldfilesLog==0)) {
    print "You have old files in your logwatch tmpdir ($Config{'tmpdir'}):\n\t";
    print join("\n\t", @old_dirs);
    print "\nThe directories listed above were most likely created by a\n";
diff -up logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8.pom logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8
--- logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8.pom	2007-05-19 16:37:42.000000000 +0200
+++ logwatch-7.3.6/logwatch.8	2008-01-08 10:34:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ logwatch \- system log analyzer and repo
 .I hostname
 .B ] [--splithosts] [--multiemail] [--output
 .I output-type
-.B ] [--numeric] [--version] [--help|--usage]
+.B ] [--numeric]  [--no-oldfiles-log]
+.B [--version] [--help|--usage]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Logwatch
 is a customizable, pluggable log-monitoring system.  It will go
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ if HostLimit is set in the logwatch.conf
 then only logs from this hostname will be processed (where appropriate).
 .IP "\fB--numeric\fR"
 Inhibits additional name lookups, displaying IP addresses numerically.
+.IP "\fB--no-oldfiles-log\fR" 
+Suppress the logwatch log, which informs about the 
+old files in logwatch tmpdir. 
 .IP "\fB--usage\fR"
 Displays usage information
 .IP "\fB--help\fR"