I realise to forward attachments along with the text (that you want to edit) one has to
1) select the email you want to forward then press v to go to the attachments menu 2) tag each attachment and the text part (body) of the email by pressing t on each element in the list of the attachments menu 3) press ; (which tells mutt you want to do something with these tagged attachments) THEN 4) press f to forward the email and the editor of your choice should spring to life This is really useful and flexible .... but Now, if any mutt developers are reading this. Please make this convoluted process easier by adding a "forward-with-attachments" variable or am i missing something? ps: Set mime_forward=ask-yes is not what some people want - it includes the whole of the email as one attachment to the new email. -- Aleks Owczarek