Edit file File name : 00debian.el Content : ;; Set the default mail server and news server as specified by Debian ;; policy. (setq gnus-nntpserver-file "/etc/news/server") (setq mail-host-address (let ((name (expand-file-name "/etc/mailname"))) (if (not (file-readable-p name)) nil (with-temp-buffer (insert-file-contents-literally name) (while (search-forward "\n" nil t) (replace-match "" nil t)) (buffer-string))))) Save