Hi Bob, How do you send mail to mailing lists with BBDB? Do you use a templating tool? Also, how do you start a phone call?
Ian Message: 28 > Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 06:53:57 -1000 > From: Bob Newell <bobnew...@bobnewell.net> > To: "emacs-orgmode" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> > Subject: Re: contact management in emacs > Message-ID: <s6jv9ad1mfu....@emailmessageidheader.nil> > Content-Type: text/plain > > I've used BBDB for years, and have tried org-contact, but it > didn't seem to scale to the now rather large size of my BBDB > database. > > I've looked at migrating to EBDB but as I have many custom > functions I haven't yet made the move. > > BBDB can do amazing things. I've mentioned some of them > before. Of course org links are supported, and in conjunction > with the 'gnorb' package, Gnus email can be associated with > BBDB entries in interesting ways. > > I use BBDB to easily maintain a slew of mailing lists. I also > have custom functions to set the input language mode for those > with whom I correspond in non-English languages. I even use > BBDB to initiate phone calls when I'm on my desktop computer. > > I hadn't thought to put BBDB under version control but that > would be very easy. > > However you don't need to get fancy right away. All the basics > are there. Like many things Emacs, it does take time to get > things set up the way you wish, but that time is well repaid > down the road a little. > > -- > Bob Newell > Honolulu, Hawai`i > > - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB > > > > End of Emacs-orgmode Digest, Vol 180, Issue 30 > ********************************************** > -- ===== Ian Garmaise Consultant Phorix Solutions Group ia...@phorixsol.com Toronto cell: 416.432.2251 NYC: 917.512.9535 https://www.linkedin.com/in/igarmaise/ http://www.PhorixSol.com
