> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: name canonicalization" > * Sent on Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:19:11 +0100 > * Honorable Ronan Waide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On July 23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Sometimes I get a message from a mailing list with a From address like > > this: > > "John Doe via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > > Since I have a record for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, BBDB will > > offer me to make "John Doe via" the name of this record, which is > > certainly not what I want. > > > > I added a variable `bbdb-canonicalize-name-hook', similar to > > `bbdb-canonicalize-net-hook', and I set it like this: > > > > (setq bbdb-canonicalize-name-hook > > (lambda (name) > > (when name > > (cond ((string-match " via$" name) nil) > > (name))))) > > There's already support for using arbitrary functions to extract the > name; do an apropos on bbdb-extract-address-component for further > info.
bbdb-extract-address-component-ignore-regexp and friends are in bbdb-snarf.el which is not relevant to this issue. I am having the problem with bbdb `noticing' records. -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.palestine-central.com/links.html> If You Want Breakfast In Bed, Sleep In the Kitchen. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
