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From: Gour <gour@atmarama.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: OBBDB(3) or org-contacts
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:02:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130114090238.1ce2b0c7@atmarama.noip.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87obgsbuyd.fsf@ucl.ac.uk>

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:34:58 +1030
Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> I use bbdb3; never got to grips with org-contacts and I have too 
> many contacts in any case.  

No performance issues?

> bbdb3 provides a subtle improvement to bbdb2: better more logical key
> bindings and less surprising behaviour overall.  I like it.

Does bbdb3 provide more freedom to have some custom fields in my
contacts structure?

> Org will interpret the "anniversary" (e.g. birthdays, wedding 
> anniversary, other dates) field in bbdb entries to bring in 
> information into the agenda view, if desired.  Look at 
> =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist=.

Thank you for that. I wasn't aware of it.

> I am a confirmed gnus user.  No other email system comes close to 
> doing what gnus can do.  Given the large volume of email I get, 
> splitting and scoring are essential to survival!  Integration with 
> bbdb is also obviously key for me. 

I also decided to use Gnus, but, atm, have some problem with its setup.

The funny thing is that I use it in the past, but forgot some things in
the meantime. :-)


Sincerely,
Gour

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the wise should not unsettle them, although these duties are inferior 
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-14 22:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-07 20:03 BBDB(3) or org-contacts Gour
2013-01-08  6:46 ` David Rogers
2013-01-08  7:45   ` Gour
2013-01-08 16:14 ` Daniel Clemente
2013-01-08 19:50   ` Gour
2013-01-08 21:14   ` Michael Strey
2013-01-09 14:16     ` Gour
2013-01-10  9:01       ` Michael Strey
2013-01-11 11:29     ` Karl Voit
2013-01-09 20:12   ` Nick Dokos
2013-01-09 20:28     ` Nick Dokos
2013-01-08 17:16 ` OBBDB(3) " Wes Hardaker
2013-01-08 19:53   ` Gour
2013-01-09 16:08     ` Wes Hardaker
2013-01-09 16:44       ` Gour
2013-01-13 22:04     ` Eric S Fraga
2013-01-14  8:02       ` Gour [this message]
2013-01-14  8:36       ` Gour
2013-01-14 22:14         ` Eric S Fraga
2013-01-15 10:40           ` Gour
2013-01-16  0:46             ` Eric S Fraga
2013-01-14 10:04       ` Myles English
2013-01-14 11:03         ` Gour
2013-01-14 13:04       ` Russell Adams
2013-01-14 13:27         ` Daimrod

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