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##### 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).