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Paolo Amoroso <amoroso@mclink.it> writes:

> Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
>
>> See <info://gnus/charsets>.  What you want is to change the element
>>
>>     (message-this-is-mail nil nil)
>>
>> in `gnus-group-posting-charset-alist' to either
>
> Where do I change `gnus-group-posting-charset-alist'? I have tried
> the following code in my .gnus:
>
> (defun set-mail-encoding-8bit (alist)
>   "*Set mail transfer encoding to 8bit."
>   (let ((mail-encoding (assq 'message-this-is-mail alist)))
>     (setcdr mail-encoding (list nil t))))
>
> (set-mail-encoding-8bit gnus-group-posting-charset-alist)
>
> but it prints the error:
>
> Error in ~/.gnus: gnus-group-posting-charset-alist

The easiest way is to just use Customize:

    `M-x customize-option RET gnus-group-posting-charset-alist RET'

and then press "save for future sessions" after you've changed it.

If you don't like customize, you could do something like:

  (eval-after-load 'gnus-msg
    '(set-mail-encoding-8bit gnus-group-posting-charset-alist))