diff --git a/autodist b/autodist
index cb50f77..4075786 100755
--- a/autodist
+++ b/autodist
@@ -337,19 +337,19 @@ function version_find_bigger()
    return 0
 }
 
-#for target in ${TARGET[*]}; do
-#   echo ${target[*]}
-#done
-#exit 1
-
 function tail_file() {
-   local elapsedtime elapsedstring elapsedcount phase lastprinttime newtime begintime lines c
+   local elapsedtime elapsedstring elapsedcount phase lastprinttime newtime begintime lines c difftimestep
    c=0
    lines=0
    begintime=`LANG=C date +%s`
    lastlinetime=$begintime
    lastprinttime=0
 
+   if [ "$do_autobuild" ]; then
+      difftimestep=1800
+   else
+      difftimestep=1
+   fi
    while read line; do
       echo "$line" >> $1
       let lines+=1
@@ -359,8 +359,7 @@ function tail_file() {
       case $verbose in
 	    1) echo "$line"
 	       ;;
-	    *) 
-               if [ $difftime -gt 1 ]; then
+	    *) if [ $difftime -gt $difftimestep ]; then
                   let c+=1
                   lastprinttime=$newtime
                   let elapsedtime=$newtime-$begintime
@@ -378,21 +377,20 @@ function tail_file() {
                   [ $elapsedcount -gt 0 ] && elapsedstring="`expr $elapsedcount % 60`m $elapsedstring"
 	          elapsedcount=`expr $elapsedcount / 60`
                   [ $elapsedcount -gt 0 ] && elapsedstring="${elapsedcount}h $elapsedstring"
-                  echo -n -e "\r$2 $phase ($lines lines, $elapsedstring, $speed l/s)"
+                  [ ! "$do_autobuild" ] && echo -n -e "\r"
+                  echo -n "$2 $phase ($lines lines, $elapsedstring, $speed l/s)"
 	       fi
 	       ;;
       esac
-   #echo -n -e "\rTailing...$phase (sleeped $diffdate seconds, $lines output lines) " 
-   #savedate=newdate
    done
 }
 
 get_job_vector() {
-   # note: if JOB_NAME contains a "-" translate it to "_"
+   # note: if JOB_NAME contains a "-" or "." translate it to "_"
    local JTARGET=${1/\/*}
    local JPKG=
    [ "$JTARGET" != "$1" ] && JPKG="${1/*\/}"
-   local JNAME=`echo $JTARGET | tr - _`
+   local JNAME=`echo $JTARGET | tr - _ | tr . _`
    if [[ ${JNAME:0:1} =~ [0-9] ]]; then
       # prepend a underscore to job names starting with a number (e.g. 54321)
       JNAME="_$JNAME"
@@ -824,8 +822,10 @@ function launch_pkgs_loop() {
 		        [ -e $SOURCESDIR/$p ] && rm -f $SOURCESDIR/$p
 		     done
 		  fi
-                  if [ "${passed_arguments/--norpm}" != "${passed_arguments}" -a "$WEBBUILD_URL" -a "$WEBBUILD_USER" ]; then
-                     curl -s "$WEBBUILD_URL?REQUEST=message&USER=$WEBBUILD_USER&SECRET=$WEBBUILD_SECRET&USER_EMAIL=$WEBBUILD_EMAIL&\
+                  if [ "$operation" = "buildinstall" -o "${passed_arguments/--norpm}" != "${passed_arguments}" ]; then
+                     # send operation: check for --norpm (source send) to avoid sending notification twice
+                     [ "$WEBBUILD_URL" -a "$WEBBUILD_USER" ] && \
+                        curl -s "$WEBBUILD_URL?REQUEST=message&USER=$WEBBUILD_USER&SECRET=$WEBBUILD_SECRET&USER_EMAIL=$WEBBUILD_EMAIL&\
 MESSAGE=`cgi_encodevar \"sent <b>$pkg</b> to <b>$SEND_SERVER</b>\"`" >/dev/null
                   fi
 		  ;;