diff --git a/man/mu-view.1 b/man/mu-view.1
index 9f5895f2..f7b62387 100644
--- a/man/mu-view.1
+++ b/man/mu-view.1
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ any).
 instead of displaying the full message, output a summary based upon the first
 lines of the message.
 
+\fB\-\-separate\fR
+add an ascii \\014 (0x0c, or \fIform-feed\fR) between messages when displaying
+multiple messages.
+
+
 .SH BUGS
 
 Please report bugs if you find them:
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd.c b/src/mu-cmd.c
index b475284d..c0850e19 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include "mu-contacts.h"
 #include "mu-runtime.h"
 
+#define VIEW_SEPARATOR '\f' /* form-feed */
+
 
 static void
 each_part (MuMsg *msg, MuMsgPart *part, gchar **attach)
@@ -129,6 +131,34 @@ view_msg (MuMsg *msg, const gchar *fields, gboolean summary,
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+
+static MuExitCode
+handle_msg (const char *fname, MuConfig *opts)
+{
+	GError *err;
+	MuMsg *msg;
+	MuExitCode rv;
+	
+	err = NULL;
+	msg = mu_msg_new_from_file (fname, NULL, &err);
+
+	if (!msg) {
+		g_warning ("error: %s", err->message);
+		g_error_free (err);
+		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	if (view_msg (msg, NULL, opts->summary, opts->color))
+		rv = MU_EXITCODE_OK;
+	else
+		rv = MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
+	
+	mu_msg_unref (msg);
+
+	return rv;
+}
+
+
 MuExitCode
 mu_cmd_view (MuConfig *opts)
 {
@@ -144,21 +174,16 @@ mu_cmd_view (MuConfig *opts)
 		return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
 	}
 	
-	;
-	for (i = 1, rv = MU_EXITCODE_OK;
-	     opts->params[i] && rv == MU_EXITCODE_OK; ++i) {
-		GError *err = NULL;
-		MuMsg  *msg = mu_msg_new_from_file (opts->params[i], NULL, &err);
-		if (!msg) {
-			g_warning ("error: %s", err->message);
-			g_error_free (err);
-			return MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
-		}
-		if (!view_msg (msg, NULL, opts->summary, opts->color))
-			rv = MU_EXITCODE_ERROR;
-		
-		mu_msg_unref (msg);
+	for (i = 1; opts->params[i]; ++i) {
+
+		rv = handle_msg (opts->params[i], opts);
+		if (rv != MU_EXITCODE_OK)
+			break;
+		/* add a separator between two messages? */
+		if (opts->params[i+1] && opts->separate)
+			g_print ("%c", VIEW_SEPARATOR);
 	}
+	
 	return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mu-config.c b/src/mu-config.c
index a14cc08c..578bfee8 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.c
+++ b/src/mu-config.c
@@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ config_options_group_view (MuConfig *opts)
 	GOptionEntry entries[] = {
 		{"summary", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->summary,
 		 "only show a short summary of the message (false)", NULL},
+		{"separate", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->separate,
+		 "separate messages with ascii-0x07 (form-feed)", NULL},
 		{NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL}
 	};
 		
-	og = g_option_group_new("cfind", "options for the 'cfind' command",
+	og = g_option_group_new("view", "options for the 'view' command",
 				"", NULL, NULL);
 	g_option_group_add_entries(og, entries);
 
diff --git a/src/mu-config.h b/src/mu-config.h
index bd92c77a..a6ada7d5 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.h
+++ b/src/mu-config.h
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ struct _MuConfig {
 	char            *bookmark;	/* use bookmark */
 	char		*formatstr;     /* output type
 					 * (plain,links,xml,json,sexp) */
-		
+
+	/* options for view */
+	gboolean         separate;      /* add separator between
+					 * multiple messages in mu
+					 * view */
+	
 	/* output to a maildir with symlinks */
 	char            *linksdir;	/* maildir to output symlinks */
 	gboolean	 clearlinks;	/* clear a linksdir before filling */
diff --git a/src/tests/Makefile.am b/src/tests/Makefile.am
index 262b7506..29ab71bb 100644
--- a/src/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST=							\
 	testdir2/bar/cur/mail2					\
 	testdir2/bar/cur/mail3					\
 	testdir2/bar/cur/mail4					\
+	testdir2/bar/cur/mail5					\
 	testdir2/Foo/cur/mail5					\
 	testdir2/Foo/cur/arto.eml
 
diff --git a/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c b/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c
index 402d9ee0..fb11781b 100644
--- a/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c
+++ b/src/tests/test-mu-cmd.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ test_mu_index (void)
 	store = mu_store_new (xpath, NULL, NULL);
 	g_assert (store);
 
-	g_assert_cmpuint (mu_store_count (store), ==, 6);	
+	g_assert_cmpuint (mu_store_count (store), ==, 7);	
 	mu_store_destroy (store);
 
 	g_free (muhome);
@@ -453,6 +453,81 @@ test_mu_view_01 (void)
 }
 
 
+static void 
+test_mu_view_multi (void)
+{
+        gchar *cmdline, *output, *tmpdir;
+	int len;
+		
+	tmpdir = test_mu_common_get_random_tmpdir();
+	g_assert (g_mkdir_with_parents (tmpdir, 0700) == 0);
+		
+	cmdline = g_strdup_printf ("%s view --muhome=%s "
+				   "%s%cbar%ccur%cmail5 "
+				   "%s%cbar%ccur%cmail5",
+				   MU_PROGRAM,
+				   tmpdir,
+				   MU_TESTMAILDIR2,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   MU_TESTMAILDIR2,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
+	output = NULL;
+	g_assert (g_spawn_command_line_sync (cmdline, &output, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	g_assert_cmpstr  (output, !=, NULL);
+
+	len = strlen(output);
+	/* g_print ("\n[%s](%u)\n", output, len); */
+	g_assert_cmpuint (len,==,164);
+	
+	g_free (output);
+	g_free (cmdline);
+	g_free (tmpdir);
+}
+
+
+static void 
+test_mu_view_multi_separate (void)
+{
+        gchar *cmdline, *output, *tmpdir;
+	int len;
+		
+	tmpdir = test_mu_common_get_random_tmpdir();
+	g_assert (g_mkdir_with_parents (tmpdir, 0700) == 0);
+		
+	cmdline = g_strdup_printf ("%s view --separate  --muhome=%s "
+				   "%s%cbar%ccur%cmail5 "
+				   "%s%cbar%ccur%cmail5",
+				   MU_PROGRAM,
+				   tmpdir,
+				   MU_TESTMAILDIR2,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   MU_TESTMAILDIR2,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR,
+				   G_DIR_SEPARATOR);
+	output = NULL;
+	g_assert (g_spawn_command_line_sync (cmdline, &output, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	g_assert_cmpstr  (output, !=, NULL);
+
+	len = strlen(output);
+	/* g_print ("\n[%s](%u)\n", output, len); */
+	g_assert_cmpuint (len,==,165);
+
+	
+	g_free (output);
+	g_free (cmdline);
+	g_free (tmpdir);
+}
+
+
+
+
 static void 
 test_mu_view_attach (void)
 {
@@ -546,9 +621,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 			 test_mu_extract_by_name);
 
 	g_test_add_func ("/mu-cmd/test-mu-view-01",  test_mu_view_01);
+	g_test_add_func ("/mu-cmd/test-mu-view-multi",
+			 test_mu_view_multi);
+	g_test_add_func ("/mu-cmd/test-mu-view-multi-separate",
+			 test_mu_view_multi_separate);
 	g_test_add_func ("/mu-cmd/test-mu-view-attach",  test_mu_view_attach);
-
-	
 	g_test_add_func ("/mu-cmd/test-mu-mkdir-01",  test_mu_mkdir_01);
 	
 	g_log_set_handler (NULL,
diff --git a/src/tests/testdir2/bar/cur/mail5 b/src/tests/testdir2/bar/cur/mail5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ab972a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/testdir2/bar/cur/mail5
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:57:25 -0400
+From: xyz@123.xx
+Subject: abc 
+To: foo@bar.cx
+Message-id: <abc@def>
+
+123