Edit: > color body brightgreen default '\W\*\w.*\w\*\W|\W_\w.*\w_\W|\W/\w.*\w/\W' It fails to color my own email! This should do: color body brightgreen default '(^|\W)\*\w.*\w\*($|\W)' color body brightgreen default '(^|\W)_\w.*\w_($|\W)' color body brightgreen default '(^|\W)/\w.*\w/($|\W)' Toby -- Signed/encrypted mail welcome. GPG/PGP Key-Id: 0x15C5C2EA