Michael <ber...@opensuse.us> writes: > Is there a bbdb list for newbies on how to get started using bbdb or an IRC > channel?
This would be the mailing list; there's not a separate one for newbies. You could ask on #emacs on irc.freenode.net as well. > I need a text email client for both unix type os and Windows and that has a > good address database. Gnus seems hard to set up, so thot I would try Rmail > and bbdb. I have nothing bad to say against Rmail, but, for the record, a very basic Gnus setup is merely setting gnus-select-method in ~/.gnus to one of the backends. So, for example to read the standard mbox file, you'd do (setq gnus-select-method '(nnmbox "")) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/
