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Michael Satterwhite <satterwh.X$NO$S$PAM@weblore.com> writes:

> I've searched the web and found several people asking this, but no answers.
>
> Auto-fill mode is incredibly annoying to me. Unfortunately, I can't find any
> way to make it default to off.

The default *is* off.  There must be something in one of your init
files which turns it on -- try:

   emacs -q

and

   emacs -q --no-site-file

to bypass your init files.

-- 
Jesper Harder                                <http://purl.org/harder/>