--- mutt-1.5.6/PATCHES~	never
+++ mutt-1.5.6/PATCHES	Mon Feb  9 22:48:35 CST 2004
@@ -1,0 +1 @@
+patch-1.5.6.dgc.deepif.1
diff -Pur mutt-1.5.6-base/muttlib.c mutt-1.5.6-dgc.deepif.1/muttlib.c
--- mutt-1.5.6-base/muttlib.c	Sun Feb  1 11:15:17 2004
+++ mutt-1.5.6-dgc.deepif.1/muttlib.c	Mon Feb  9 22:48:35 2004
@@ -977,6 +977,12 @@
 	count = 0;
         while (count < sizeof (ifstring) && *src && *src != '?' && *src != '&')
 	{
+	  if (*src == '\\')
+	  {
+	    src++;
+	    if (!*src)
+	      break;
+	  }
           *cp++ = *src++;
 	  count++;
 	}
@@ -989,7 +995,13 @@
 	count = 0;
 	while (count < sizeof (elsestring) && *src && *src != '?')
 	{
-	  *cp++ = *src++;
+	  if (*src == '\\')
+	  {
+	    src++;
+	    if (!*src)
+	      break;
+	  }
+          *cp++ = *src++;
 	  count++;
 	}
 	*cp = 0;