diff --git a/mutt/colors.muttrc b/mutt/colors.muttrc
index a0283ad..a4a1394 100644
--- a/mutt/colors.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/colors.muttrc
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ uncolor index "~T"
 uncolor index "~D"
 
 # and recolor them appropriately
-color index yellow       default "~P"
-color index brightcyan   default "~N ~u"  # new ML mail
-color index brightyellow default "~N !~u" # new non-ML mail
-color index brightgreen  default "~T"
-color index brightred    default "~D"
+color index yellow        default "~P"
+color index green         default "~u"
+color index brightgreen   default "~N ~u"  # new ML mail
+color index brightyellow  default "~N !~u" # new non-ML mail
+color index brightmagenta default "~T"
+color index red           default "~D"
 
 # set up the headers
 color header yellow black "^from:"
diff --git a/muttrc b/muttrc
index afa1a92..f5a09a5 100644
--- a/muttrc
+++ b/muttrc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ set quote_regexp      = "^( {0,4}[>|:#%]| {0,4}[a-z0-9]+[>|]+)+"
 # formats
 set status_format = "-%r %f [Msgs:%?M?%M/?%m%?n? New:%n?%?o? Old:%o?%?d? Del:%d?%?F? Flag:%F?%?t? Tag:%t?%?p? Post:%p?%?b? Inc:%b?%?l? %l?]   (%s/%S) %> (%P)   "
 set date_format  = "%d %b %H:%M"
-set index_format = "%3C %Z %D [%-12.12F] %s"
+set index_format = "%3C %Z %D [%-12.12L] %s"
 set alias_format = "%4n %t %-20a %r"
 
 # composing mail
@@ -108,3 +108,8 @@ macro index,pager A "<pipe-message>abook --add-email<return>" "add the sender ad
 # key bindings
 bind pager \177 previous-line # default didn't want to work anymore
 #bind generic i what-key
+
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