Variable: mail-default-directory

mail-default-directory is a customizable variable defined in sendmail.el.gz.

Value

"~/"

Documentation

Value of default-directory for Mail mode buffers.

This directory is used for auto-save files of Mail mode buffers.

Note that Message mode does not use this variable; it auto-saves in message-auto-save-directory.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 22.1.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/sendmail.el.gz
;;;###autoload
(defcustom mail-default-directory "~/"
  "Value of `default-directory' for Mail mode buffers.
This directory is used for auto-save files of Mail mode buffers.

Note that Message mode does not use this variable; it auto-saves
in `message-auto-save-directory'."
  :type '(directory :tag "Directory")
  :version "22.1")