Re: OBBDB(3) or org-contacts

[Gour <gour@atmarama.net>]

On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:34:58 +1030
Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> I use bbdb3; never got to grips with org-contacts and I have too 
> many contacts in any case.    

No performance issues?

> bbdb3 provides a subtle improvement to bbdb2: better more logical key
> bindings and less surprising behaviour overall.  I like it.  

Does bbdb3 provide more freedom to have some custom fields in my
contacts structure?

> Org will interpret the "anniversary" (e.g. birthdays, wedding 
> anniversary, other dates) field in bbdb entries to bring in 
> information into the agenda view, if desired.  Look at 
> =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist=.  

Thank you for that. I wasn't aware of it.

> I am a confirmed gnus user.  No other email system comes close to 
> doing what gnus can do.  Given the large volume of email I get, 
> splitting and scoring are essential to survival!  Integration with 
> bbdb is also obviously key for me.   

I also decided to use Gnus, but, atm, have some problem with its setup.

The funny thing is that I use it in the past, but forgot some things in
the meantime. :-)


Sincerely,
Gour


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