diff --git a/weboob/backends/dlfp/backend.py b/weboob/backends/dlfp/backend.py
index f39223bb3ca0d53986d4c2c50b014b475e599684..eb3b84a730cd816bfa451062c468808391cc1ad4 100644
--- a/weboob/backends/dlfp/backend.py
+++ b/weboob/backends/dlfp/backend.py
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ def __init__(self, weboob):
     def iter_messages(self):
         articles_list = ArticlesList('newspaper')
         for article in articles_list.iter_articles():
-            yield Message('threadid', article._id, article.title, article.author, signature='Bite bite bite bite',
+            yield Message('threadid', article.id, article.title, article.author, signature='Bite bite bite bite',
                           content='Content content\nContent content.')
diff --git a/weboob/capabilities/messages.py b/weboob/capabilities/messages.py
index f48f06cb54716b6b792c677f7a58bd0342246e98..e4b7bb7076c26c179ea83eb3b5208a9c3581430e 100644
--- a/weboob/capabilities/messages.py
+++ b/weboob/capabilities/messages.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 class Message:
     def __init__(self, thread_id, _id, title, sender, date=None, reply_id=u'', content=u'', signature=u''):
         self.thread_id = unicode(thread_id)
-        self._id = unicode(_id)
+        self.id = unicode(_id)
         self.reply_id = unicode(reply_id)
         self.title = unicode(title)
         self.sender = unicode(sender)
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ def get_date_int(self):
         return int(time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S', self.get_date().timetuple()))
 
     def get_full_id(self):
-        return '%s.%s' % (self._id, self.thread_id)
+        return '%s.%s' % (self.id, self.thread_id)
 
     def get_full_reply_id(self):
         return '%s.%s' % (self.reply_id, self.thread_id)
 
     def get_id(self):
-        return self._id
+        return self.id
 
     def get_thread_id(self):
         return self.thread_id
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ def get_signature(self):
     def is_new(self):
         return self.new
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        result = '<Message title="%s" date="%s" from="%s" content="%s">' % (
-            self.title, self.date, self.sender, self.content)
+    def __repr__(self):
+        result = '<Message id="%s" title="%s" date="%s" from="%s">' % (
+            self.id, self.title, self.date, self.sender)
         return result.encode('utf-8')
 
 class ICapMessages:
diff --git a/weboob/frontends/mail/scripts/mail b/weboob/frontends/mail/scripts/mail
index c71588a45c1e8eb907172a792ba5a327bd83b1e9..330a2342b2519b330adfd6dd20dff6cc7559feef 100755
--- a/weboob/frontends/mail/scripts/mail
+++ b/weboob/frontends/mail/scripts/mail
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class Application(BaseApplication):
         self.weboob.load_modules(ICapMessages)
 
         self.weboob.schedule(self.config['interval'], self.process)
-        self.weboob.config.save()
         self.weboob.loop()
 
     def process(self):
diff --git a/weboob/frontends/travel/application.py b/weboob/frontends/travel/application.py
index da5124d4180c9e6173bc1302d365a53a1d12d95b..ffbc75f804bce397ce41ffcc254c5235eb50b972 100644
--- a/weboob/frontends/travel/application.py
+++ b/weboob/frontends/travel/application.py
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ class Application(BaseApplication):
     CONFIG = {}
 
     def main(self, argv):
-        #if not self.config:
-        #    print >>sys.stderr, "Error: %s is not configured yet. Please call 'weboob.travel -c'" % argv[0]
-        #    print >>sys.stderr, "Also, you need to use 'weboobcfg' to set backend configs"
-        #    return -1
-
         self.weboob.load_modules(ICapTravel)
 
         if len(argv) == 1: