See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-mailutils/2010-10/msg00005.html diff -u mailutils-2.2/libmu_scm/mu_message.c mailutils-2.2.new/libmu_scm/mu_message.c --- mailutils-2.2/libmu_scm/mu_message.c 2010-04-18 10:29:07.000000000 -0700 +++ mailutils-2.2.new/libmu_scm/mu_message.c 2016-07-03 21:18:53.746185547 -0700 @@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ { SCM car = SCM_CAR (lst); if (scm_is_string (car) && mu_c_strncasecmp (scm_i_string_chars (car), name, - scm_i_string_length (car)) == 0) + scm_c_string_length (car)) == 0) return 1; } return 0;