Variable: message-fill-column

message-fill-column is a customizable variable defined in message.el.gz.

Value

72

Documentation

Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen.

Local value for message buffers. If non-nil, also turn on auto-fill in message buffers.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/message.el.gz
(defcustom message-fill-column 72
  "Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen.
Local value for message buffers.  If non-nil, also turn on
auto-fill in message buffers."
  :group 'message-various
  ;; :link '(custom-manual "(message)Message Headers")
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Don't turn on auto fill" nil)
		 (integer)))