--- a/Muttrc.head.in
+++ b/Muttrc.head.in
@@ -6,6 +6,38 @@
 #
 ignore "from " received content- mime-version status x-status message-id
 ignore sender references return-path lines
+ignore date delivered-to precedence errors-to in-reply-to user-agent
+ignore x-loop x-sender x-mailer x-msmail-priority x-mimeole x-ms- x-priority
+ignore x-accept-language x-authentication-warning thread- priority importance
+ignore x-original-to domainkey-signature
+
+# emacs-like bindings
+bind editor    "\e<delete>"    kill-word
+bind editor    "\e<backspace>" kill-word
+
+# map delete-char to a sane value
+bind editor     <delete>  delete-char
+
+# some people actually like these settings
+#set pager_stop
+#bind pager <up> previous-line
+#bind pager <down> next-line
+
+# don't add the hostname to the From header
+unset use_domain
+# don't generate a From header
+unset use_from
+
+# Specifies how to sort messages in the index menu.
+set sort=threads
+
+# Exim does not remove Bcc headers
+unset write_bcc
+# Postfix and qmail use Delivered-To for detecting loops
+unset bounce_delivered
+
+# weed out binary-only announcements to -devel-changes
+#macro index \CW T!~s\(.*source.*\)\nWn^T~A\n "Weed out binary-only announcements"
 
 # imitate the old search-body function
 macro index \eb "<search>~b " "search in message bodies"
@@ -14,7 +46,17 @@
 macro index,pager \cb "<pipe-message>urlview<Enter>" "call urlview to extract URLs out of a message"
 
 # Show documentation when pressing F1
-macro generic,pager <F1> "<shell-escape>less @docdir@/manual.txt<Enter>" "show Mutt documentation"
+macro generic <f1> "!zcat @docdir@/mutt/manual.txt.gz | sensible-pager\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
+macro index   <f1> "!zcat @docdir@/mutt/manual.txt.gz | sensible-pager\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
+macro pager   <f1> "!zcat @docdir@/mutt/manual.txt.gz | sensible-pager\n" "Show Mutt documentation"
+
+# Use folders which match on \\.gz$ or \\.bz2$ as [gb]zipped folders:
+open-hook	\\.gz$ "gzip -cd %f > %t"
+close-hook	\\.gz$ "gzip -c %t > %f"
+append-hook	\\.gz$ "gzip -c %t >> %f"
+open-hook	\\.bz2$ "bzip2 -cd %f > %t"
+close-hook	\\.bz2$ "bzip2 -c %t > %f"
+append-hook	\\.bz2$ "bzip2 -c %t >> %f"
 
 # show the incoming mailboxes list (just like "mutt -y") and back when pressing "y"
 macro index,pager y "<change-folder>?<toggle-mailboxes>" "show incoming mailboxes list"
@@ -29,7 +71,22 @@
 #
 # set use_8bitmime
 
-##
-## More settings
-##
+# colors
+color normal	white black
+color attachment brightyellow black
+color hdrdefault cyan black
+color indicator black cyan
+color markers	brightred black
+color quoted	green black
+color signature cyan black
+color status	brightgreen blue
+color tilde	blue black
+color tree	red black
+#color header	brightgreen black ^From:
+#color header	brightcyan black ^To:
+#color header	brightcyan black ^Reply-To:
+#color header	brightcyan black ^Cc:
+#color header	brightblue black ^Subject:
+#color body	brightred black [\-\.+_a-zA-Z0-9]+@[\-\.a-zA-Z0-9]+
+#color body	brightblue black (https?|ftp)://[\-\.,/%~_:?&=\#a-zA-Z0-9]+