From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maurizio Vitale Subject: Re: contact management in org-mode? Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:21:35 -0400 Message-ID: <878wfoc5ao.fsf@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: Reply-To: maurizio.vitale@polymath-solutions.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvM8v-0008PC-RR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:20:41 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MvM8q-0008FQ-Kg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:20:40 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50789 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MvM8q-0008F0-GO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:20:36 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:37072) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MvM8q-0003VY-1M for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:20:36 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MvM8n-0002su-Lz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:20:33 +0200 Received: from pool-72-95-245-39.pitbpa.east.verizon.net ([72.95.245.39]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:20:33 +0200 Received: from maurizio.vitale by pool-72-95-245-39.pitbpa.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:20:33 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>> "Lindsay" == Lindsay Todd writes: Lindsay> Has anyone used org-mode to manage email and other Lindsay> contacts? Maybe exporting information as vCards, or some Lindsay> other format, so it can be reused by email clients, Lindsay> e.g. Thunderbird? Lindsay> I see that it is possible to link into BBDB, which I've Lindsay> never used. But it would seem to me that org-mode could Lindsay> also organize contact information, perhaps even more Lindsay> usefully and richly, without needing to learn yet another Lindsay> package. Or is BBDB so wonderful that I should just use Lindsay> that instead? I use both and I really recommend BBDB. I've never used the link between bbdb and org-mode, so I cannot comment on that. But they're two great packages on their own merits. Bets regards, Maurizio --