On 2012-10-15 10:40:36 -0400, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Leonardo M. Ramé <l.r...@griensu.com> [10-15-12 10:16]: > > I'm using mutt+abook and would like to know how can I create a group of > > emails (mailing list). > > > > In plain mutt, I can create a mailing list by just adding an alias with > > a comma separated list of email. Does anyone know how can I achieve the > > same using Abook?. > > > > P.S.: I know this is not an Abook mailing list, but since here are many > > Abook users I believe the answer will be faster here than in their > > mailing list (with only a few emails a month). > > I don't understand *why* you would want to, just added complexity. But... > abook interfaces with mutt via lbdb: > /usr/lib64/lbdb/mutt_ldap_query > /usr/lib64/lbdb/m_muttalias > /usr/lib64/lbdb/m_abook > .muttrc: > set query_command="lbdbq '%s'" # calling lbdbq > macro alias Q "!lbdbq ." "lbdb query" > > I would guess you need to *only* use abook for your "list" or craft a > *different* abook db, other than ~/.abook, for your "list" and alter > /usr/lib64/lbdb/m_abook (change ABOOK=/usr/bin/abook to <your-choice>) and > save to a different file-name, then .... > > too much work for *what* gain... > > > > alias my_list alias1 alias2 alias3 alias4 ... ... > > much simpler.
Thanks Patrick, it looks very complicated, since I only need to add an entry to my Abook, called for example "mylist" with more than one email. Anyway, I'll go for the alias method. -- Leonardo M. Ramé http://leonardorame.blogspot.com
