Aric Gregson <aorc...@mac.com> writes: > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> I'm also not sure what you mean by "org pulling bbdb away from gnus" -- >> are you running two separate instances of emacs? > > Yes, that is precisely what I am doing. I tend to work in the Emacs > instance running org mode and use the other just for email. Too much > blocking if I do it all in one instance. Plus, previously there were > lots of crashes, but things do appear more stable now.
Ah, check the variable bbdb-read-only then -- it's for precisely this situation. If you set it to 't' in the emacs running org, it will prevent clashes (though obviously you won't be able to edit the bbdb file). E