--- PATCHES~	never
+++ PATCHES	Sat Dec  8 18:20:32 CST 2001
@@ -1,0 +1 @@
+mutt-1.3.24.dgc.deepif.1
diff -Pur mutt-1.3.24-base/muttlib.c mutt-1.3.24/muttlib.c
--- mutt-1.3.24-base/muttlib.c	Mon Nov 26 13:11:54 2001
+++ mutt-1.3.24/muttlib.c	Sat Dec  8 18:20:32 2001
@@ -960,6 +960,12 @@
 	count = 0;
         while (count < sizeof (ifstring) && *src && *src != '?' && *src != '&')
 	{
+	  if (*src == '\\')
+	  {
+	    src++;
+	    if (!*src)
+	      break;
+	  }
           *cp++ = *src++;
 	  count++;
 	}
@@ -972,7 +978,13 @@
 	count = 0;
 	while (count < sizeof (elsestring) && *src && *src != '?')
 	{
-	  *cp++ = *src++;
+	  if (*src == '\\')
+	  {
+	    src++;
+	    if (!*src)
+	      break;
+	  }
+          *cp++ = *src++;
 	  count++;
 	}
 	*cp = 0;