Not sure about the error 13, but to keep a transparent background, use the "default" color as the background color for everything when setting your colors.
Just make sure not to use mutt in a white background terminal after the change though :->. HTH It has come to my attention... ...that Noesis said on Tuesday, Aug 20 2002: > Greetings! > Two questions. First, when I send e-mail lately I get an error > 13 - but the mail sends. Any ideas? Second, I like to keep mutts > 'standard' look (plus or minus a few things), however I want to make the > background transparent in mutt. How do I go about doing that? > > Kind Regards, > -Noesis > > > -- > _ __ _ > / | / /___ ___ _____(_)____ > / |/ / __ \/ _ \/ ___/ / ___/ > / /| / /_/ / __(__ ) (__ ) > /_/ |_/\____/\___/____/_/____/ > noesis at darktide dot com > http://www.darktide.com/noesis/ > DigitalNoesis.com - Darktide.com -- --Sam UC Davis, California USA