move to mail-mode?
If you are using RMAIL or VM, mail-mode-hook can be utilised. Add the following lines in your .emacs file.
(setq mail-mode-hook '(lambda () (cond ((boundp 'NEMACS) (setq kanji-fileio-code 2)) ((boundp 'MULE) (set-file-coding-system *junet*)))))
If you are using MH-E, mh-letter-mode-hook can be utilised. Add the following lines in your .emacs file.
(setq mh-letter-mode-hook '(lambda () (cond ((boundp 'NEMACS) (setq kanji-fileio-code 2)) ((boundp 'MULE) (set-file-coding-system *junet*)))))
Usually you do not have to do these settings by yourself, as mule-init.el already contains necessary configurations.