diff --git a/lua/mail.lua b/lua/mail.lua
index b9f45b9..ee266b6 100644
--- a/lua/mail.lua
+++ b/lua/mail.lua
@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ vim.g.iris_smtp_host = "smtp.nickr.eu"
 vim.g.iris_smtp_port = 587
 vim.g.iris_smtp_login = "yannick.reiss@nickr.eu"
 vim.g.iris_smtp_passwd_filepath = directory_path .. "mail_password.gpg"
+
+-- specify mail configuration
+vim.g.iris_idle_enabled = 0
+vim.g.iris_idle_timeout = 300
+vim.g.iris_emails_chunk_size = 25
+vim.g.iris_download_dir = "~/Downloads"