Matt Lundin <m...@imapmail.org> writes:
I'd agree with Russell's conclusion that if one does not use an emacs
mail client, then there is not much point to using BBDB.
But if one uses Gnus or the like, the integration BBDB offers (e.g.,
automated addition of new addresses, auto-notes, TAB completion for
addresses, etc.) is still difficult to surpass. Until someone codes some
nice integration between an org-mode address database and emacs mail
clients, switching to an org database would require one to forgo all the
nice automation that BBDB offers. (Do you really want to enter all new
email addresses manually in an org file?)
I've found BBDB to be incredibly convenient. But I use Gnus for email.
If I were using Gmail or Thunderbird or Mutt, I wouldn't use BBDB at
all.
I do not like the telephone and BBDB eases the displeasure. I guess
it's the same with writing checks and addressing envelopes. So I keep
important phone numbers and addresses at my fingertips with BBDB and all
Internet related business in my Gmail Contacts and Labels. Gnus I use
for reading news.
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