From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .mailrc Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 01:50:40 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87fvkrsptb.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> References: <874n1bkuuq.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87fvkvt84v.fsf@gnu.org> <8738gvjbxf.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87mwf3rofh.fsf@gnu.org> <87fvkuk631.fsf_-_@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <874n19iobc.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399074927 1759 80.91.229.3 (2 May 2014 23:55:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 23:55:27 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 03 01:55:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WgNIX-00087A-4h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 03 May 2014 01:55:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46732 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WgNIW-0008UU-OE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 May 2014 19:55:20 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: VVbyYd/iFZoeWNmD9i++cQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:U3MwV4PmtQJ6vu/7NTDw2FCAgGE= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205277 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97545 Archived-At: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) writes: >>> I use bbdb mail aliases. The association works the >>> other way around (the name has an alias, rather >>> than alias has a name). >> >> I want both, I want names and addresses to have >> aliases that, in turn, can be used in aliases to >> setup groups. > > You have misunderstood how aliases work. No I have not. I want aliases for individuals (name, mail) and aliases for groups (defined as aliases for individuals). People change e-mail, but I never change aliases. If anyone changes e-mail, that should be data that occurs once so it can be changed at one place. Now, in the ~/.mailrc, if I put aliases in an alias to form such a group, when it is expanded, it is expanded *into the aliases* - those can of course be expanded in turn, by hand, but that's not optimal. So the question is: how can I expand the ~/.mailrc aliases recursively in the message-mode headers? PS. One more uncalled-for insult from you and I'll put you in my KILL file and be done with it. DS. -- underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573