Hi
I've just started using gnus again, and since it seems like bbdb is in a messy state someone suggested I try org-contacts as an address book solution. It looks quite usable, but I have a few questions.
1. What is the function (org-contacts-gnus-insinuate) really used for? It sets up some hooks and a keybinding is what I've read. But, what the use of those hooks? Also, I have not found that keybinding to be active in any of my gnus buffers. Am I missing something? I guess it leads into my next question.
2. Can I get the email addresses of my contacts into org-contacts automatically somehow? I have read about org-capture and written this snippet:
(require 'org-contacts)
(setq org-contacts-files '("~/.org-contacts.org"))
(require 'org-capture)
(add-to-list 'org-capture-templates
'("c" "Contacts" entry (file "~/.org-contacts.org")
"* %(org-contacts-template-name)
:PROPERTIES:
:EMAIL: %(org-contacts-template-email)
:END:"))
Using that I can now run M-x org-capture (bound to some suitable key) and populate my contacts list. After that I can hit TAB and get my addresses in the To: fields and so on. Excellent!
But, is there a way to get that done automatically? That process is totally predictable. Way back when I used gnus/bbdb it
picked up addresses by itself.
I guess I'm crossing into org-capture territory here, but felt this was anyway a suitable place to ask. I'm not very good at elisp so I have no idea how to do this myself, but thought that someone ought to have done this before. Oddly, google could find nothing.
Thanks for any suggestions.
/andreas
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