From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Griswold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Addresses book (novice) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:47:51 GMT Organization: NTLUG Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87ptpfyu52.fsf@cantor.griswold.home> References: <87k7fobumr.fsf@smtp.blueyonder.co.uk> <87of4zsxfb.fsf@cantor.griswold.home> <87n0kjeb28.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 1046271199 27046 80.91.224.249 (26 Feb 2003 14:53:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 14:53:19 +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 18o2v0-0006x6-00 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:52:22 +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 18o2tW-0002xl-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:50:50 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp2.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) Emacs/21.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ig6NY7LUincxAvItQknuX21v91Q= Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.29.233.170 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1046270871 67.29.233.170 (Wed, 26 Feb 2003 06:47:51 PST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 06:47:51 PST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:110644 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:7146 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7146 Keith O'Connell writes: >>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Griswold writes: > > Dan> Have you tried the BBDB? http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/ > > I had a brief look. I got the impression that it was great for hundreds > of contact details, but otherwise it was overkill. Am I wrong? Is that > the address book of choice for those in the know? I don't think it's overkill, because to my mind "overkill" implies something that's resource hungry or complicated to use. Neither of these is true, in my opinion. Once BBDB is set up to work with gnus (and there are numerous helps available for that), it works seamlessly and inconspicuously in the background. Adding addresses is easy, and autocompletion of partial addresses in the To: field (much like the aliases you were setting up) is also easy. BBDB _is_ "great for hundreds of contact details," but it's also great for a tiny few. I'm not sure one would notice a difference either way. As far as "for those in the know," I think a lot of gnus users run BBDB, but I have no firm data for that. Peace, Dan -- -------------- Dan Griswold Carrollton, TX --------------