Re: content management in emacs

[Ian Garmaise <ian.g@phorixsol.com>]

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Hi Bob,

How do you send mail to mailing lists with BBDB?  Do you use a templating
tool?  Also, how do you start a phone call?

Ian



Message: 28
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 06:53:57 -1000
> From: Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net>
> To: "emacs-orgmode" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: contact management in emacs
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> I've used BBDB for years, and have tried org-contact, but it
> didn't seem to scale to the now rather large size of my BBDB
> database.
>
> I've looked at migrating to EBDB but as I have many custom
> functions I haven't yet made the move.
>
> BBDB can do amazing things. I've mentioned some of them
> before. Of course org links are supported, and in conjunction
> with the 'gnorb' package, Gnus email can be associated with
> BBDB entries in interesting ways.
>
> I use BBDB to easily maintain a slew of mailing lists. I also
> have custom functions to set the input language mode for those
> with whom I correspond in non-English languages. I even use
> BBDB to initiate phone calls when I'm on my desktop computer.
>
> I hadn't thought to put BBDB under version control but that
> would be very easy.
>
> However you don't need to get fancy right away. All the basics
> are there. Like many things Emacs, it does take time to get
> things set up the way you wish, but that time is well repaid
> down the road a little.
>
> --
> Bob Newell
> Honolulu, Hawai`i
>
> - Via GNU/Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB
>
>
>
> End of Emacs-orgmode Digest, Vol 180, Issue 30
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>


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