"Roland Winkler" <wink...@gnu.org> writes: > Part of BBDB (yes, even v2) has allowed the possibility that a mail > address in a record is not just a plain "sm...@foo.com". But the > record of, say, Johnathan Smith may also contain an RFC 822 address > such as "John Smith <sm...@foo.com>". > > Jognathan Smith > phone (home): (123) 456-7890 > mail: sm...@example.com, John Smith <sm...@foo.com>, > Joe Smith <j...@bar.com> > > Obviously, this comes handy, if you want to use different mail > addresses in a record with different real names.
With BBDB v2 I always used separate records for this case, putting (home), (work) etc in the record name, because cycling thru the email addresses simply did not work properly; it always used the last one. Now that's fixed, but I suspect I'll still use separate records in a case like this. For example, sm...@foo.com should have a different work phone than j...@bar.com. But maybe I need to experiment more. It would be nice to not have (home) show up in the final email address; putting a real name in the Mail field could fix that (assuming it overrides the real name in the record). > Would it be useful if the canonical mail address "sm...@foo.com" > contained in full mail address "John Smith <sm...@foo.com>" was > recognized properly throughout BBDB? I suspect so, yes. Perhaps a solution is to make the mail: field more structured: mail: 1: name: "" mail: 1: email: sm...@example.com mail: 2: name: "John Smith" mail: 2: email: sm...@foo.com mail: 3: name: "Joe Smith" mail: 3: email: j...@bar.com Which would require even bigger code changes, but might be better in the long run. -- -- Stephe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
