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#### FAQ 5-2

#### Question 5.2

How to enable automatic word-wrap when composing messages?

#### Answer

Starting from No Gnus, automatic word-wrap is already enabled by default, see the variable message-fill-column.

For other versions of Gnus, say

    (unless (boundp 'message-fill-column)
      (add-hook 'message-mode-hook
                (lambda ()
                  (setq fill-column 72)
                  (turn-on-auto-fill))))

in `~/.gnus.el`.

You can reformat a paragraph by hitting ‘`M-q`’ (as usual).