Hello again, * Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [040829 00:22]: > http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~sithglan/mutt/patch-HEAD.tg.cstatus.3 all this patches are so confusing. :-) here is the right one: http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~sithglan/mutt/patch-1.5.6+20040824.tg.mutt-thread.1 the above is for a colored status bar (which isn't exactly what you have asked for). Unfeignedly, Thomas