diff --git a/weboob/applications/boobmsg/boobmsg.py b/weboob/applications/boobmsg/boobmsg.py
index 51ef3c10..f7f6ff07 100644
--- a/weboob/applications/boobmsg/boobmsg.py
+++ b/weboob/applications/boobmsg/boobmsg.py
@@ -34,15 +34,16 @@ class MessageFormatter(IFormatter):
         pass
 
     def format_dict(self, item):
-        result = u'%sTitle:%s %s\n' % (ReplApplication.BOLD,
-                                       ReplApplication.NC, item['title'])
-        result += u'%sDate:%s %s\n' % (ReplApplication.BOLD,
-                                       ReplApplication.NC, item['date'])
-        result += u'%sFrom:%s %s\n' % (ReplApplication.BOLD,
-                                       ReplApplication.NC, item['sender'])
+        print self.outfile
+        result = u'%sTitle:%s %s\n' % (self.BOLD,
+                                       self.NC, item['title'])
+        result += u'%sDate:%s %s\n' % (self.BOLD,
+                                       self.NC, item['date'])
+        result += u'%sFrom:%s %s\n' % (self.BOLD,
+                                       self.NC, item['sender'])
         if item['receivers']:
-            result += u'%sTo:%s %s\n' % (ReplApplication.BOLD,
-                                         ReplApplication.NC,
+            result += u'%sTo:%s %s\n' % (self.BOLD,
+                                         self.NC,
                                          ', '.join(item['receivers']))
 
         if item['flags'] & Message.IS_HTML:
diff --git a/weboob/tools/application/formatters/iformatter.py b/weboob/tools/application/formatters/iformatter.py
index edb798ac..f1c73ed6 100644
--- a/weboob/tools/application/formatters/iformatter.py
+++ b/weboob/tools/application/formatters/iformatter.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ else:
 
 from weboob.capabilities.base import CapBaseObject, FieldNotFound
 from weboob.tools.ordereddict import OrderedDict
+from weboob.tools.application.console import ConsoleApplication
 
 
 __all__ = ['IFormatter', 'MandatoryFieldsNotFound']
@@ -57,6 +58,21 @@ class IFormatter(object):
 
     MANDATORY_FIELDS = None
 
+    def get_bold(self):
+        if self.outfile != sys.stdout:
+            return ''
+        else:
+            return ConsoleApplication.BOLD
+
+    def get_nc(self):
+        if self.outfile != sys.stdout:
+            return ''
+        else:
+            return ConsoleApplication.NC
+
+    BOLD = property(get_bold)
+    NC = property(get_nc)
+
     def __init__(self, display_keys=True, display_header=True, return_only=False, outfile=sys.stdout):
         self.display_keys = display_keys
         self.display_header = display_header
@@ -66,9 +82,11 @@ class IFormatter(object):
         self.termrows = 0
         self.outfile = outfile
         # XXX if stdin is not a tty, it seems that the command fails.
+
         if os.isatty(sys.stdout.fileno()) and os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
             self.termrows = int(os.popen('stty size', 'r').read().split()[0])
 
+	
     def after_format(self, formatted):
         if self.outfile != sys.stdout:
             with open(self.outfile, "a+") as outfile: