Galen Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thu, 03 Jan 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Ronan Waide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I would also like a functionality to group some addresses
>> together.  It would be nice if an address could be in more than
>> one group.
>
> This sounds alot like the mail-alias field.
>
>> I think this could be implemented with an extra field called
>> category or group. This field should hold a list of the groups
>> this address belongs to.
>
> I use the exact field you mentioned called category to group
> addresses and then use the notes searching function, `S o' to get
> all the records linked to a certain group in the BBDB buffer.
> This isn't anything special, but I use this notes field as a comma-delimited
> way to define groupings.  I then can at least tag an email
> address in more than one grouping.

Thanks for that tip. It really helps me very much.

> The thing I would like is to be able to define the category's
> values as a lookup.  C-o category [space] would bring up
> completion of the categories I have already defined.  Right now I
> have to use M-/ to make sure I don't misspell the category for a
> specific address and then lose it from that category.

This functionality would be very nice. But anyhow the tip above helps
me to categorize my address list.

> -- 
> Galen deForest Boyer
> Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.
>

Stefan.


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