>>>>> "a" == andy <andy at theasis.com> writes: >> > > (Please wrap your text at <80 columns.) > I'm still >> researching that one - I'm slowly learning emacs, and haven't > >> quite gotten that far yet. But it's on the list! >> a> My usual method is to just use emacs in X, in Text Fill mode, a> and size the window width accordingly. >> C-u 7 2 C-x f M-q a> Fancy. How do you set it in the .emacs file? a> Andy (set-fill-column 72) Probably you want to do something like (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook (function (lambda () (set-fill-column 72)))) or in whatever mode you use to edit your outgoing mail.