From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: henry atting Subject: Re: org-contacts or bbdb? Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:57:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87obxa6alb.fsf@bye.fritz.box> References: <8762jj1g81.fsf@micropit.couberia.bzh> <87ipnji75w.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40952) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RH9yo-0005io-Ch for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:57:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RH9ym-0001av-Lk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:57:26 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:40458) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RH9ym-0001aX-Bx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:57:24 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RH9yj-0004k0-2o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:57:21 +0200 Received: from port-92-195-89-112.dynamic.qsc.de ([92.195.89.112]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:57:21 +0200 Received: from nsmp_02 by port-92-195-89-112.dynamic.qsc.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:57:21 +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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rasmus writes: > pmlists@free.fr (Peter Münster) writes: > >> Hello, >> >> I would like to manage my contacts, so that I can >> - easily search them >> - add new email addresses from gnus (summary buffer) >> - complete email addresses in gnus (message buffer and prompts in >> mini-buffer) >> - and perhaps more in the future >> >> Could you guide me please, what to choose, org-contacts or bbdb? >> I don't see the advantages of the one or of the other... >> TIA for any hints! > > I used org-contacts but now use bbdb3. I think bbdb does it all and > it's quite nice. > > I don't remember why I dropped Org-contant, but I think I found it hard > to manage my contacts in the way I would ideally like to with it. > [...] +1 As I thougt that bbdb is no longer developped I switched to org-contacts some time ago - which did not satisfy my needs in some way. The (re-)discovery of bbdb3 elicits a sigh of relief... Thanks, henry -- http://literaturlatenight.de