From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Keith O'Connell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Addresses book (novice) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:02:37 GMT Organization: is a wonderful thing. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k7fobumr.fsf@smtp.blueyonder.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046163926 23091 80.91.224.249 (25 Feb 2003 09:05:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:05:26 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18nb1g-00060E-00 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:05:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nb1a-0003dH-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 04:05:18 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stueberl.de!cox.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news-text.cableinet.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Attribution: kroc X-Home-Page: http://www.galadriel.co.uk Original-Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.195.231.6 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk Original-X-Trace: news-text.cableinet.net 1046163757 80.195.231.6 (Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:02:37 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:02:37 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110594 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7096 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7096 Hi, I have a question about address books. As I work through the wealth of documentation about emacs/gnus, I find two places mentioned where addresses can be kept, (I expect there are more). 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? 2: Which is the best method for keeping addresses, and why? Is there a better way Keith -- Keith. [Debian Woody & GNU Emacs 21.2.1 - Gnus v5.9.0]