Phil Hudson <phil.hud...@iname.com> writes: > On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 at 5:59:07 pm BST, Glyn Millington > <glyn.milling...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> (add-hook 'message-setup-hook 'bbdb-mail-aliases) > > This led me to the documentation for bbdb-mail-aliases, which leads me > to ask for an explanation of what a mail alias is. My guess is that it's > either a unique nickname for a mail recipient, or a group name for > multiple mail recipients, or possibly both/either. > > I've just checked, and as I thought, "mail-alias" is an unknown field > type which I am asked to define. Before I go ahead, what does "defining" > a field type involve?
"Defining" a field type just means you're using a non-builtin field type for the first time, and BBDB is checking to make sure that you really wanted to do that. Once one of your records has this kind of field, you won't be asked again, and the field will be available as a completion option when adding fields to other contacts. That's all! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ bbdb-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bbdb-info BBDB Home Page: http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/