--- message.el~	2002-07-27 21:04:10 +0000
+++ message.el	2002-08-14 02:12:38 +0000
@@ -1012,7 +1012,11 @@
 	    `((,(concat "^\\(" (regexp-quote mail-header-separator) "\\)$")
 	       1 'message-separator-face))
 	  nil)
-      (,(concat "^\\(" message-cite-prefix-regexp "\\).*")
+      (,(lambda (limit)
+	  (re-search-forward (concat "^\\("
+				     message-cite-prefix-regexp
+				     "\\).*")
+			     limit t))
        (0 'message-cited-text-face))
       ("<#/?\\(multipart\\|part\\|external\\|mml\\|secure\\)[^>]*>"
        (0 'message-mml-face))))