With Mutt 1.5.9, if I try to send a mail to "blah\1" <a@xxx> (whether I write this from Mutt or from the editor), Mutt writes: To: blah1 <a@xxx> in the Compose window. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA