On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:18:18 -0400 Sam Steingold <s...@gnu.org> wrote:
Sam> I started using bbdb about 15 years ago and I accumulated a fairly large Sam> .bbdb file. Some records there are not relevant to me all that much (a Sam> coworker from 10 years ago), so, on one hand, I do not want to remove Sam> the record (or its parts, like address, phone, birthday &c), and, on the Sam> other hand, I do not want that record to be printed out or that birthday Sam> mentioned in my diary. How about a "current" or "relevant" note which Sam> will specify just that - that the record is to be printed and its Sam> anniversaries mentioned in the diary? Sam> Also, people's e-mail addresses become obsolete every now and then. Sam> Removing those addresses is not really an option because they are needed Sam> when you read those old messages helpfully archived on gmane.org; but Sam> having them complete in the To: field does not make sense either. Sam> How about a new notes field (I use old-net) which would do just that: Sam> used for matching records against mail messages but not for mail address Sam> completion? With Gnus at least, we could have a last-seen field that's updated whenever you see a message from that person. Then you can filter all the records with last-seen over 2 years ago, for instance. Ted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
