From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: exported contacts problem Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:09:53 -0700 Message-ID: <87mugrb7fi.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <20190802160236.GR17561@protected.rcdrun.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42792) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hteoU-0007sT-CF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:10:12 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hteoS-0008QE-E5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:10:10 -0400 Received: from 195-159-176-226.customer.powertech.no ([195.159.176.226]:45896 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hteoQ-0008HT-EN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:10:08 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hteoL-000Gcz-9o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2019 23:10:01 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Jean Louis writes: > * Jude DaShiell [2019-08-02 17:48]: >> I have one email message with several .vcf file attachments. Has orgmode >> got any tool or tools I can use to import contacts from such a message >> into an orgmode table? > > And by all means, I would never keep contact in Org file, that is for > short list fine, but for any future planning, contacts shall be in a > real database sorted by its lists. > > A list could be group of people, or account name, or company name, or > organization, or interest lists. > > Neither bbdb nor Org is suitable for any serious collection of > contacts. I have 192,000+ contacts, and when they are in database and > I am using PostgreSQL, it gives me most of benefits, I can sort people > into lists, groups, I can contact them, count interactions, open up > their files, emails with a fast command, edit their data, add notes, > send them faxes and SMS, maintain relations. That sounds pretty intense. Have you written a separate package for interacting with the database?