Re: Addresses book (novice)

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.rodgers@ihs.com>]

Keith O'Connell wrote:

> In ~/.emacs or ~/.gnus in the form;
> 
>         (define-mail-alias "kkk" "kroc@blueyonder.co.uk")
> 
> or in ~/.mailrc in the form
> 
>         alias keith	kroc@blueyonder.co.uk
> 
> Now, assuming I have in ~/.emacs, the following line;
> 
>         (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'mail-abbrevs-setup)
> 
> 1: Why do addresses from the ~/.mailrc expand and the ones in ~/.emacs
>    not?


Because you used define-mail-alias instead of define-mail-abbrev.


> 2: Which is the best method for keeping addresses, and why?  Is there
>    a better way

The .mailrc format is also read by the Unix command line MUAs.  But as
others have pointed out, BBDB is even better for Emacs.

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