--- mutt-x.y.z/PATCHES~	never
+++ mutt-x.y.z/PATCHES	Thu Jun 13 16:25:05 CDT 2002
@@ -1,0 +1 @@
+dgc.deepif.1
diff -Pur mutt-1.5.1-base/muttlib.c mutt-1.5.1/muttlib.c
--- mutt-1.5.1-base/muttlib.c	Tue Mar 26 16:47:06 2002
+++ mutt-1.5.1/muttlib.c	Thu Jun 13 15:28:20 2002
@@ -978,6 +978,12 @@
 	count = 0;
         while (count < sizeof (ifstring) && *src && *src != '?' && *src != '&')
 	{
+	  if (*src == '\\')
+	  {
+	    src++;
+	    if (!*src)
+	      break;
+	  }
           *cp++ = *src++;
 	  count++;
 	}
@@ -990,7 +996,13 @@
 	count = 0;
 	while (count < sizeof (elsestring) && *src && *src != '?')
 	{
-	  *cp++ = *src++;
+	  if (*src == '\\')
+	  {
+	    src++;
+	    if (!*src)
+	      break;
+	  }
+          *cp++ = *src++;
 	  count++;
 	}
 	*cp = 0;