The following variables may be set in your .emacs_pro file with setq-default to affect the behavior of BatMail. E.g.: (setq-default bat-folders-only 1) --Name-- --Default-- --Description-- bat-headers "from:subject:date:to" List of headers to show, seperated by ':', OR a '!' followed by a list of headers NOT to show. bat-folders-only 0 When non-0, checking more than one folder for new messages will only list the folders, not the captions (this is much faster). To see the captions, you can use the 'N' command. bat-body-active 1 If 0, certain commands pertain to the message under the cursor instead of the currently displayed message bat-send-bcc 0 If non-0, all outgoing message will be bcc'd to you. bat-caption-percentage 30 Percentage of screen height used by header window. bat-default-folders "*" Initial list of folders to read. bat-low-density 0 If non-0, will put a blank line between message directories. These probably don't concern most people: --Name-- --Default-- --Description-- bat-digest-separator "^-----------------------------" Regular expression of separator in digests. bat-trace 0 If non-0, will record interactions with the robin subprocess in the buffer "*bat-log*". robin "robin" The name of the executable for robin. batcave "/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr0/cl0x/batcave" The prefix used to find bat-files.