A nice default screenrc

.screenrc-main-example

# GNU Screen - main configuration file 
# All other .screenrc files will source this file to inherit settings.
# Author: Christian Wills - [email protected]

# Allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
attrcolor b ".I"

# Tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'

# Enables use of shift-PgUp and shift-PgDn
termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs|rxvt ti@:te@

# Erase background with current bg color
defbce "on"

# Enable 256 color term
term xterm-256color

# Cache 30000 lines for scroll back
defscrollback 30000

# New mail notification
backtick 101 30 15 $HOME/bin/mailstatus.sh

hardstatus alwayslastline 
# Very nice tabbed colored hardstatus line
hardstatus string '%{= Kd} %{= Kd}%-w%{= Kr}[%{= KW}%n %t%{= Kr}]%{= Kd}%+w %-= %{KG} %H%{KW}|%{KY}%101`%{KW}|%D %M %d %Y%{= Kc} %C%A%{-}'

# change command character from ctrl-a to ctrl-b (emacs users may want this)
#escape ^Bb

# Hide hardstatus: ctrl-a f 
bind f eval "hardstatus ignore"
# Show hardstatus: ctrl-a F
bind F eval "hardstatus alwayslastline"