+(defcustom gnus-default-charset 'iso-8859-1
+ "Default charset assumed to be used when viewing non-ASCII characters.
+This variable is overridden on a group-to-group basis by the
+gnus-group-charset-alist variable and is only used on groups not
+covered by that variable."
+ :type 'symbol
+ :group 'gnus-charset)
+
+(defcustom gnus-default-posting-charset nil
+ "Default charset assumed to be used when posting non-ASCII characters.
+This variable is overridden on a group-to-group basis by the
+gnus-group-posting-charset-alist variable and is only used on groups not
+covered by that variable.
+If nil, no default charset is assumed when posting."
+ :type 'symbol
+ :group 'gnus-charset)
+