gistfile1.txt

# Attribution lines
color quoted green black # quoted text
color body brightred   black "(^[> ]*)-([^-])" # what I really want to is match such lines
                                               # but only colour the -/+ symbol
                                               # was hoping mutt by convention ignores groups 1 & 3
                                               # but I can live with the line being red
color body brightgreen black "(^[> ]*)[+]" # brightgreen seems really garish for the whole
                                           # line, just the plus please