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>>>>> "SS" == Sam Steingold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SS> There are some things though that seems to be missing (or is it just me
SS> who is missing them?):
SS> 1. It adds a record into the database on everyone who sends me e-mail,
SS> regardless of whether I press ":" or not; even on the
SS> MAILER-DAEMON. Why?!
Check out the variable bbdb/mail-auto-create-p. If it is 't (the default)
it will create records for each incoming mail. There is a related variable
for news reading bbdb/news-auto-create-p that defaults to nil (I think).
You can also set this value to a function which will return t/nil to
indicate whether an entry should be added. Check out
bbdb-ignore-some-messages-hook and bbdb-ignore-most-messages-hook. I'm
using 'some to ignore messages from mailer daemons, postmasters, etc.
SS> 2. If *BBDB* displays only part of the DB, I have to do M-x bbdb to get
SS> the whole thing. I bound TAB to bbdb, and I think it should be the
SS> default.
You really won't want to display your entire DB after a month or two. My
DB is at 2500 and still growing.
SS> 4. A fax field should be a default one. If I define it myself, I don't
SS> get the "nice" phone handling interface.
Just enter a new phone entry with the location "fax." It will create as
many phone entries as you want, in case people have contact numbers at
home, cellular, fax, office, etc.
SS> 5. There shoulld be an interface to the printer - for printing the
SS> addresses, and to the phone - for dialing. The first one is absent,
SS> as far as I can see from C-h (although there is a mysterious
SS> bbdb-print.tex file), the second one is fairly lame: it should (IMHO)
SS> try to be intelligent: if we are on Linux, check if the modem is in
SS> use, and if not, do something like `echo 'ATDT*******;'`; otherwise
SS> do something else.
Check out the file bbdb-print.el. It describes how to set up creating a
tex file from your DB. I haven't used it, though so can't comment on its
efficacy. Also, bbdb-letter lets you stick addresses into TeX letters.
Don't know about dialing from bbdb, but you might want to check out the
function bbdb-dial.
