On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:36:43 +1000 (E. Australia Standard Time) Mark Livingstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:50:11 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I use "sub address books" extensively.
> > I believe most of my needs for this would be met
> > if I could alias lists of nicknames (as in pine).
> > E.g., one might effectively say
> > alias project1 {nick1 nick2 nick3 nicketc}
> > to be able to use project1 in the address fields.
>
> OK. Should nicknames be unique within a given address book?
Not sure. If there are more than one nickname, we could ask the user
which one should be used (as it is done now). BTW, this selection list
should allow multiple selection.
> > I would like autocollect to be configurable:
> > i. not to collect names present in other specified groups
> > or address books
I have a patch for that (not configurable through GUI, though).
> That might cause a speed hit for large / multiple books unless we had
> another master index of who was in the sub-books but still worth
> thinking about.
There is a speed hit, yes. Looking for matches in the address book is
pretty slow, and needs some work.
--
Xavier Nodet
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759.
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