diff -ru  /usr/ports/mail/mutt-devel/Makefile ./Makefile
--- /usr/ports/mail/mutt-devel/Makefile	Mon Nov  6 06:08:16 2006
+++ ./Makefile	Mon Jan  8 15:47:50 2007
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
 # If you want to enable the assumed_charset option define:
 #  WITH_MUTT_ASSUMED_CHARSET_PATCH
 #
+# If you want to enable the `greeting' option define:
+#  WITH_MUTT_GREETING_PATCH
+#
 
 PORTNAME=	mutt-devel
 PORTVERSION=	1.5.13
@@ -203,6 +206,11 @@
 IGNORE=	cannot install: the WITH_MUTT_ASSUMED_CHARSET_PATCH and WITH_MUTT_NNTP are not compatible
 .endif
 .endif
+.if defined(WITH_MUTT_GREETING_PATCH)
+.if defined(WITH_MUTT_NNTP)
+IGNORE=	cannot install: the WITH_MUTT_GREETING_PATCH and WITH_MUTT_NNTP are not compatible
+.endif
+.endif
 
 .if defined (MUTT_LITE)
 WITHOUT_MUTT_XML=			yes
@@ -337,6 +345,11 @@
 .if defined(WITH_MUTT_REVERSE_REPLY_PATCH)
 post-patch::
 	@${PATCH} ${PATCH_ARGS} < ${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-reverse_reply
+.endif
+
+.if defined(WITH_MUTT_GREETING_PATCH)
+post-patch::
+	@${PATCH} ${PATCH_ARGS} < ${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-greeting
 .endif
 
 .if defined(WITHOUT_MUTT_FLOCK)
diff -ru  /usr/ports/mail/mutt-devel/files/extra-patch-greeting ./files/extra-patch-greeting
--- /usr/ports/mail/mutt-devel/files/extra-patch-greeting	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ ./files/extra-patch-greeting	Mon Jan  8 15:46:10 2007
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+--- globals.h.orig	2006-08-11 12:07:12.000000000 +0300
++++ globals.h	2006-12-14 12:26:14.000000000 +0200
+@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
+ WHERE char *FolderFormat;
+ WHERE char *ForwFmt;
+ WHERE char *Fqdn;
++WHERE char *Greeting;
+ WHERE char *HdrFmt;
+ WHERE char *Homedir;
+ WHERE char *Hostname;
+--- hdrline.c.orig	2006-04-28 22:43:51.000000000 +0300
++++ hdrline.c	2006-12-14 16:47:16.000000000 +0200
+@@ -730,3 +730,61 @@
+ 
+   mutt_FormatString (dest, destlen, s, hdr_format_str, (unsigned long) &hfi, flags);
+ }
++
++/* %n = recipient name
++ * %u = user (login) name of recipient
++ * %v = first name of recipient	*/
++const char *
++greeting_string (char *dest,
++		size_t destlen,
++		char op,
++		const char *src,
++		const char *prefix,
++		const char *ifstring,
++		const char *elsestring,
++		unsigned long data,
++		format_flag flags)
++{
++  HEADER *hdr = (HEADER *)data;
++  char *p, buf2[SHORT_STRING];
++
++  dest[0] = '\0';
++  switch (op)
++  {
++    case 'n':
++      mutt_format_s (dest, destlen, prefix, mutt_get_name (hdr->env->to));
++      break;
++
++    case 'u':
++      if (hdr->env->to)
++      {
++	strfcpy (buf2, mutt_addr_for_display (hdr->env->to), sizeof (buf2));
++	if ((p = strpbrk (buf2, "%@")))
++	  *p = '\0';
++      }
++      else
++	buf2[0] = '\0';
++      mutt_format_s (dest, destlen, prefix, buf2);
++      break;
++
++    case 'v':
++      if (hdr->env->to)
++	mutt_format_s (buf2, sizeof (buf2), prefix, mutt_get_name (hdr->env->to));
++      else if (hdr->env->cc)
++	mutt_format_s (buf2, sizeof (buf2), prefix, mutt_get_name (hdr->env->cc));
++      else
++	*buf2 = '\0';
++      if ((p = strpbrk (buf2, " %@")))
++	*p = '\0';
++      mutt_format_s (dest, destlen, prefix, buf2);
++      break;
++
++    default:
++      snprintf (dest, destlen, "%%%s%c", prefix, op);
++      break;
++  }
++  if (flags & M_FORMAT_OPTIONAL)
++    mutt_FormatString (dest, destlen, elsestring, greeting_string, data, flags);
++
++  return(src);
++}
+--- init.h.orig	2006-08-11 12:04:04.000000000 +0300
++++ init.h	2006-12-14 16:49:16.000000000 +0200
+@@ -710,6 +710,22 @@
+   ** a regular expression that will match the whole name so mutt will expand
+   ** "Franklin" to "Franklin, Steve".
+   */
++  { "greeting",		DT_STR,	 R_NONE, UL &Greeting, UL "" },
++  /*
++  ** .pp
++  ** When set, this is the string that will precede every message as a
++  ** greeting phrase to the recipients.
++  ** .pp
++  ** ``Format strings'' are similar to the strings used in the ``C''
++  ** function printf to format output (see the man page for more detail).
++  ** The following sequences are defined in Mutt:
++  ** .pp
++  ** .dl
++  ** .dt %n .dd recipient name
++  ** .dt %u .dd user (login) name of recipient
++  ** .dt %v .dd first name of recipient
++  ** .de
++  */
+   { "hdr_format",	DT_SYN,  R_NONE, UL "index_format", 0 },
+   /*
+   */
+--- PATCHES.orig	2006-08-11 13:55:43.000000000 +0300
++++ PATCHES	2006-12-14 15:59:14.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++vc.greeting
+--- protos.h.orig	2006-07-12 02:32:28.000000000 +0300
++++ protos.h	2006-12-14 15:43:09.000000000 +0200
+@@ -509,4 +509,5 @@
+ void ci_bounce_message (HEADER *, int *);
+ int ci_send_message (int, HEADER *, char *, CONTEXT *, HEADER *);
+ 
+-
++const char *greeting_string (char *, size_t, char, const char *, const char *,
++		const char *, const char *, unsigned long, format_flag);
+--- send.c.orig	2006-03-03 12:12:34.000000000 +0200
++++ send.c	2006-12-14 15:57:36.000000000 +0200
+@@ -395,6 +395,18 @@
+   }
+ }
+ 
++void mutt_make_greeting (HEADER *hdr, FILE *out, int flags)
++{
++  char buffer[STRING];
++  if (Greeting)
++  {
++    mutt_FormatString(buffer, sizeof(buffer), Greeting, greeting_string,
++		      (unsigned long) hdr, flags);
++    fputs(buffer, out);
++    fputc ('\n', out);
++  }
++}
++
+ void mutt_make_post_indent (CONTEXT *ctx, HEADER *cur, FILE *out)
+ {
+   char buffer[STRING];
+@@ -1268,6 +1280,7 @@
+     if (option (OPTHDRS))
+       process_user_header (msg->env);
+ 
++    mutt_make_greeting(msg, tempfp, flags);
+ 
+     if (option (OPTSIGONTOP) && (! (flags & (SENDMAILX | SENDKEY)) && Editor && mutt_strcmp (Editor, "builtin") != 0))
+       append_signature (tempfp);