I am using the source tree from mutt-1.5.5.1.tar.gz patch -f -p1 <patch-1.5.5.1.vvv.nntp . . . 281 out of 281 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file configure.rej patch -f -p0 <patch-1.5.5.1.vvv.nntp or with p2 (or higher): patch -f -p2 <patch-1.5.5.1.vvv.nntp . . . 281 out of 281 hunks ignored ...elp! This is too much like hard work ... [ Alas - how sweet it would be if this became part of the core codebase ] -- Eric Smith