Simplify arithmetic comparison

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/alot/helper.py b/alot/helper.py
index ba68bd45..9264e785 100644
--- a/alot/helper.py
+++ b/alot/helper.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def string_decode(string, enc='ascii'):
 
 def shorten(string, maxlen):
     """shortens string if longer than maxlen, appending ellipsis"""
-    if maxlen > 1 and len(string) > maxlen:
+    if 1 < maxlen < len(string):
         string = string[:maxlen - 1] + u'\u2026'
     return string[:maxlen]