diff -udprP mutt-1.5.9.orig/PATCHES mutt-1.5.9/PATCHES
--- mutt-1.5.9.orig/PATCHES	2005-03-13 18:33:06.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt-1.5.9/PATCHES	2005-03-13 19:42:58.018681272 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+vvv.quote
diff -udprP mutt-1.5.9.orig/globals.h mutt-1.5.9/globals.h
--- mutt-1.5.9.orig/globals.h	2005-02-12 22:01:02.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt-1.5.9/globals.h	2005-03-13 19:42:58.019681120 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ WHERE CONTEXT *Context;
 WHERE char Errorbuf[STRING];
 WHERE char AttachmentMarker[STRING];
 
+WHERE char Quotebuf[SHORT_STRING];
+
 #if defined(DL_STANDALONE) && defined(USE_DOTLOCK)
 WHERE char *MuttDotlock;
 #endif
diff -udprP mutt-1.5.9.orig/handler.c mutt-1.5.9/handler.c
--- mutt-1.5.9.orig/handler.c	2005-02-03 20:47:52.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt-1.5.9/handler.c	2005-03-13 19:42:58.020680968 +0200
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ void mutt_convert_to_state(iconv_t cd, c
       if (ob != bufo)
 	state_prefix_put (bufo, ob - bufo, s);
     }
+    if (Quotebuf[0] != '\0')
+      state_prefix_putc ('\n', s);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -1725,6 +1727,8 @@ void mutt_decode_attachment (BODY *b, ST
   int istext = mutt_is_text_part (b);
   iconv_t cd = (iconv_t)(-1);
 
+  Quotebuf[0] = '\0';
+
   if (istext && s->flags & M_CHARCONV)
   {
     char *charset = mutt_get_parameter ("charset", b->parameter);
diff -udprP mutt-1.5.9.orig/init.h mutt-1.5.9/init.h
--- mutt-1.5.9.orig/init.h	2005-03-01 17:56:02.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt-1.5.9/init.h	2005-03-13 19:42:58.023680512 +0200
@@ -2124,6 +2124,19 @@ struct option_t MuttVars[] = {
   ** have no effect, and if it is set to ask-yes or ask-no, you are
   ** prompted for confirmation when you try to quit.
   */
+  { "quote_empty",	DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTQUOTEEMPTY, 1 },
+  /*
+  ** .pp
+  ** Controls whether or not empty lines will be quoted using
+  ** ``$indent_string''.
+  */
+  { "quote_quoted",	DT_BOOL, R_NONE, OPTQUOTEQUOTED, 0 },
+  /*
+  ** .pp
+  ** Controls how quoted lines will be quoted. If set, one quote
+  ** character will be added to the end of existing prefix.  Otherwise,
+  ** quoted lines will be prepended by ``$indent_string''.
+  */
   { "quote_regexp",	DT_RX,	 R_PAGER, UL &QuoteRegexp, UL "^([ \t]*[|>:}#])+" },
   /*
   ** .pp
diff -udprP mutt-1.5.9.orig/mutt.h mutt-1.5.9/mutt.h
--- mutt-1.5.9.orig/mutt.h	2005-02-28 17:13:57.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt-1.5.9/mutt.h	2005-03-13 19:42:58.024680360 +0200
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ enum
   OPTPRINTDECODE,
   OPTPRINTSPLIT,
   OPTPROMPTAFTER,
+  OPTQUOTEEMPTY,
+  OPTQUOTEQUOTED,
   OPTREADONLY,
   OPTREPLYSELF,
   OPTRESOLVE,
diff -udprP mutt-1.5.9.orig/muttlib.c mutt-1.5.9/muttlib.c
--- mutt-1.5.9.orig/muttlib.c	2005-02-12 21:30:16.000000000 +0200
+++ mutt-1.5.9/muttlib.c	2005-03-13 19:42:58.026680056 +0200
@@ -1254,15 +1254,45 @@ void state_prefix_putc (char c, STATE *s
 {
   if (s->flags & M_PENDINGPREFIX)
   {
-    state_reset_prefix (s);
-    if (s->prefix)
-      state_puts (s->prefix, s);
-  }
+    int i;
 
-  state_putc (c, s);
+    i = strlen (Quotebuf);
+    Quotebuf[i++] = c;
+    Quotebuf[i] = '\0';
+    if (i == sizeof (Quotebuf) - 1 || c == '\n')
+    {
+      char buf[2 * SHORT_STRING];
+      int j = 0, offset = 0;
+      regmatch_t pmatch[1];
+
+      state_reset_prefix (s);
+      while (regexec ((regex_t *) QuoteRegexp.rx, &Quotebuf[offset], 1, pmatch, 0) == 0)
+	offset += pmatch->rm_eo;
+
+      if (!option (OPTQUOTEEMPTY) && Quotebuf[0] == '\n')
+	strcpy (buf, Quotebuf);
+      else if (option (OPTQUOTEQUOTED) && offset)
+      {
+	for (i = 0; i < offset; i++)
+	  if (Quotebuf[i] != ' ')
+	    j = i;
+	strncpy (buf, Quotebuf, j + 1);
+	strcpy (buf + j + 1, Quotebuf + j);
+      }
+      else
+	snprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), "%s%s", NONULL(s->prefix), Quotebuf);
+
+      state_puts (buf, s);
+    }
+  }
+  else
+    state_putc (c, s);
 
   if (c == '\n')
+  {
     state_set_prefix (s);
+    Quotebuf[0] = '\0';
+  }
 }
 
 int state_printf (STATE *s, const char *fmt, ...)