2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b3ed84f1c9e..30d58ad4da6 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-08-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>
+
+        * mail/sendmail.el (mail-mode): Use adaptive-fill-regexp.
+
+        * textmodes/fill.el (adaptive-fill-regexp): Admit tabs as well.
+
 2001-08-22  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
 
         * simple.el (line-number-mode): Mention the variable
diff --git a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
index 1ff0453e62e..5c572587dcf 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/sendmail.el
@@ -497,9 +497,8 @@ Turning on Mail mode runs the normal hooks `text-mode-hook' and
   (set (make-local-variable 'comment-start) mail-yank-prefix)
   (make-local-variable 'adaptive-fill-regexp)
   (setq adaptive-fill-regexp
-        (concat "[ \t]*\\([-|#;>*]+ *\\|(?[0-9]+[.)] *\\)+"
-                "\\|[ \t]*[-[:alnum:]]*>+[ \t]*"
-                "\\|[ \t]*"))
+        (concat adaptive-fill-regexp
+                "\\|[ \t]*[-[:alnum:]]*>+[ \t]*"))
   (make-local-variable 'adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp)
   (setq adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp
         (concat adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp