My problem here was I didn't have an editor specified in .bashrc. I
just added export EDITOR=vim in .bashrc and alias editing works fine.
Amazing what you can find in the manual..

Dale L . Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> When I try Esc a to edit my alias file, I receive the following:
>  /home/dlm/.mutt/aliases: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token 
>`<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> /home/dlm/.mutt/aliases: line 2: `alias spam    Spam Recycle Bin        
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> Press any key to continue...
> 
> I probably have something setup wrong in my .muttrc/settings file, but
> I'm not sure what. Any ideas?
> thanks
> 
> 
> "Make voyages, attempt them, there's nothing else."
> 
> 

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