1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index 049132dc6e4..e9540f17145 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ Here are commands that move to a header field (and create it if there isn't):
   ;; Lines containing just >= 3 dashes, perhaps after whitespace,
   ;; are also sometimes used and should be separators.
   (setq paragraph-start (concat (regexp-quote mail-header-separator)
-                                "$\\|[ \t]*\\([-|#;>*]+ *\\|(?[0-9]+[.)] *\\)*$"
+                                "$\\|\t*\\([-|#;>* ]\\|(?[0-9]+[.)]\\)+$"
                                 "\\|[ \t]*[a-z0-9A-Z]*>+[ \t]*$\\|[ \t]*$\\|"
                                 "-- $\\|---+$\\|"
                                 page-delimiter))
@@ -1204,7 +1204,8 @@ and don't delete any header fields."
           ;; delete that window to save screen space.
           ;; t means don't alter other frames.
           (delete-windows-on original t)
-          (insert-buffer original))
+          (insert-buffer original)
+          (set-text-properties (point) (mark t) nil))
         (if (consp arg)
             nil
           (goto-char start)
@@ -1265,6 +1266,9 @@ and don't delete any header fields."
   (interactive "P")
   (and (consp mail-reply-action)
        (eq (car mail-reply-action) 'insert-buffer)
+       (with-current-buffer (nth 1 mail-reply-action)
+         (or (mark t)
+             (error "No mark set: %S" (current-buffer))))
        (let ((buffer (nth 1 mail-reply-action))
              (start (point))
              ;; Avoid error in Transient Mark mode