From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Rogers Subject: Re: bbdb or bbdb3 or org-contacts Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:22:53 -0800 Message-ID: <86d2wpu36q.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87pq0qtsa1.fsf@urmel.duenenhof-wilhelm.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36332) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tzjza-0003SY-Kc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:23:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzjzX-00016H-T6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:23:02 -0500 Received: from mail-pa0-f52.google.com ([209.85.220.52]:55841) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TzjzX-00015o-LC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:22:59 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f52.google.com with SMTP id fb1so1372411pad.11 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:22:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87pq0qtsa1.fsf@urmel.duenenhof-wilhelm.de> (Dieter Wilhelm's message of "Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:06:14 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Dieter Wilhelm writes: > Hi list, > > I just took up again the Gnus newsreader! > Formerly I used it in conjunction with bbdb. > > It would be nice if I had the > possibility to (re)use my contacts > from gmail. > > What do you advise, what is already > usable and what is the way ahead, > still bbdb or bbdb3 or already > org-contacts? Hi Dieter One possibility is google-contacts, which allows you to access Google contacts from Gnus, written by the same person as org-contacts, and found here: http://julien.danjou.info/projects/emacs-packages#google-contacts Also look at ASynK, which can synchronize between Google and bbdb3: https://karra-asynk.appspot.com/ -- David R