Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread treese
Many users of mail on VMS overload the From: field because the VMS mail system doesn't know about headers other than From: and Subject:. Why they put the date in, I don't know. Some people put cute sayings in their From (may more just try to be cute). It annoys the heck out of me. I don't us

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Jamie Zawinski
Face it guys, computers suck. VMS sucks. Unix sucks. MS-DOS sucks. The whole thing, they all suck. Not only that but they're going to kill us all. But remember, as a demonstration of Lispm constraint frames, BBDB excels. -- Jamie (no future. have a nice day.)

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Mike Northam
> "Scott" == Scott Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [VMS mail stuff] Scott> All this really drives BBDB nuts. It is a testament to the Scott> usefullness of BBDB that it can be usefull even amid all this Scott> sillyness. Actually, it drives more than BBDB nuts. There was a thread on

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Scott Lawrence
> "mbn" == Mike Northam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: mbn> I have a correspondent whose 'From' is this: mbn> From: 11-Feb-1994 0724 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... mbn> BBDB keeps wanting to make this guy's name "Feb", apparently thinking the mbn> date entry is a name. As a consultant working

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Todd_Kaufmann
It's not just him.. there's a bunch of DEC losers with those addresses. I say we kill'em all! BRAIN DAMAGE - BRAIN DAMAGE - BRAIN DAMAGE. what do they think the date field is for? Next address i see like that i'll write an auto-flame hook. a$$#0|3$!.. piss me off. anyone who controls a maile

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Jamie Zawinski
Mike Northam wrote: > > BBDB keeps wanting to make this guy's name "Feb", apparently thinking the > date entry is a name. You're right, that's a bug. BBDB should have named him "Loser." -- Jamie

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Mike Northam
> "Colin" == Colin Owen Rafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I have a correspondent whose 'From' is this: >> From: 11-Feb-1994 0724 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Colin> The easiest thing to do (without changing source) is to name him Colin> yourself, and then let BBDB use "Feb" as an AKA. I

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Jack Repenning
Recently, Mike Northam wrote: I have a correspondent whose 'From' is this: From: 11-Feb-1994 0724 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BBDB keeps wanting to make this guy's name "Feb", apparently thinking the date entry is a name. Well, yes, that's what the phrase before

Re: Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Colin Owen Rafferty
> I have a correspondent whose 'From' is this: > From: 11-Feb-1994 0724 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Here's the actual BBDB entry for this person: > Ken Appleman > net: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > BBDB keeps wanting to make this guy's name "Feb", apparently thinking the > date entry is a nam

Date parsed as name problem

1994-02-17 Thread Mike Northam
I have a correspondent whose 'From' is this: From: 11-Feb-1994 0724 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Here's the actual BBDB entry for this person: Ken Appleman net: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BBDB keeps wanting to make this guy's name "Feb", apparently thinking the date entry is a name. bbdb-vers