diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8b85b9d9..dedb7d87 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ for gmimepc in gmime-2.6 gmime-2.4; do
 	have_gmime=1
 	gmime_cflags=$(pkg-config --cflags $gmimepc)
 	gmime_ldflags=$(pkg-config --libs $gmimepc)
+	break
     fi
 done
 if [ "$have_gmime" = "0" ]; then
diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-mua.el b/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
index 4be7c13d..13244eb8 100644
--- a/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
+++ b/emacs/notmuch-mua.el
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ list."
 	      (goto-char (point-min))
 	      (setq headers (mail-header-extract)))))
       (forward-line 1)
+      ;; Original message may contain (malicious) MML tags. We must
+      ;; properly quote them in the reply.
+      (mml-quote-region (point) (point-max))
       (setq body (buffer-substring (point) (point-max))))
     ;; If sender is non-nil, set the From: header to its value.
     (when sender
@@ -116,12 +119,7 @@ list."
     (push-mark))
   (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
 
-  (message-goto-body)
-  ;; Original message may contain (malicious) MML tags.  We must
-  ;; properly quote them in the reply.  Note that using `point-max'
-  ;; instead of `mark' here is wrong.  The buffer may include user's
-  ;; signature which should not be MML-quoted.
-  (mml-quote-region (point) (mark)))
+  (message-goto-body))
 
 (defun notmuch-mua-forward-message ()
   (message-forward)
diff --git a/mime-node.c b/mime-node.c
index d6b4506c..a95bdabc 100644
--- a/mime-node.c
+++ b/mime-node.c
@@ -97,11 +97,26 @@ mime_node_open (const void *ctx, notmuch_message_t *message,
     }
 
     mctx->stream = g_mime_stream_file_new (mctx->file);
+    if (!mctx->stream) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
     g_mime_stream_file_set_owner (GMIME_STREAM_FILE (mctx->stream), FALSE);
 
     mctx->parser = g_mime_parser_new_with_stream (mctx->stream);
+    if (!mctx->parser) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory.\n");
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
 
     mctx->mime_message = g_mime_parser_construct_message (mctx->parser);
+    if (!mctx->mime_message) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "Failed to parse %s\n", filename);
+	status = NOTMUCH_STATUS_FILE_ERROR;
+	goto DONE;
+    }
 
     mctx->cryptoctx = cryptoctx;
     mctx->decrypt = decrypt;