Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > Phil Hudson <phil.hud...@iname.com> writes: > >> On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 at 7:27:02 am BST, Glyn Millington >> <glyn.milling...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> writes: >>> >>>> On Apr 29 2015, Nikolaus Rath <nikol...@rath.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to have bbdb3 automatically update the records in some >>>>> (but not all) Gnus (imap) groups? >>>>> >>>>> I tried writing a custom function for bbdb-mua-auto-update-p whose >>>>> return value depends on the active group but I've had no luck (it seems >>>>> this variable is just completely ignored). >>>> >>>> Glyn figured out the problem (see other thread). With >>>> bbdb/gnus-update-records-p set to nil, I can set bbdb-mua-auto-update-p >>>> to something like >>>> >>>> defun my-bbdb-select-message () >>>> "Add people to bbdb when in certain groups." >>>> (cond ((string-match "^nnimap:INBOX" gnus-newsgroup-name) >>>> (bbdb-select-message)) >>>> ((eq major-mode 'message-mode) >>>> (bbdb-select-message)) >>>> (t >>>> 'update))) >>>> >>>> ...and it actually takes effect. >>>> >>>> >>>> Problem solved :-). >>> >>> >>> Result! And thank you for the function - I propose to steal that one! >> >> Let's all try to remember to record all our BBDB folklore on Emacswiki >> for posterity. > > Better yet, let's write a manual for BBDB version 3...
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