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Re: [PLUG] Using distribution lists in abook with mutt
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Back when I used Mutt (having devolved to KMail) I edited my .mutt-alias file
to include items like this:
alias DEBATE <debater1@yahoo.com>, <debater2@comcast.net>, <debater3@hotmail.com>, etc
and it worked like a charm. Have you tried this?
Eric
On Friday 25 August 2006 2:32 pm, Mike Leone wrote:
> Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 03:57:41PM -0400, Mike Leone wrote:
> >> [19 lines, 169 words, 1103 characters] Top characters: e_tsinol
> >>
> >> So I use mutt over ssh from work. And in abook I have a little
> >> distribution list entered. entry is "daGuys", with 3 email
> >> addresses, one for each "DaGuy". :-)
> >>
> >> In mutt, when I am addressing an email, I have it set so a <CTRL T>
> >> brings up the abook query. Problem is ... I see 3 separate lines,
> >> all labeled "DaGuys", one with each address. I can't seem to figure
> >> out how to get all 3 addresses into the "TO:" header, just by
> >> choosing the one name (which is what I want to happen).
> >
> > I'm slightly confused. You're not using lbdb to query abook?
>
> Nope.
>
> > I don't think it will matter, but that's what I'm using and how I tested
> > this.
> >
> > Do ^T and tag daguy-1 through daguy-3. All three will appear in the
> > To (or Cc or whatever) field in mutt.
>
> Tagging all 3 works. That's a usable work-around (for now).
>
> > Alternatively, if I have an email address in jpilot (which is what I
> > use) such as "a@b.c, x@y.z", then selecting that name from the lbdbq
> > results will give me both email addresses.
>
> I will investigate moving to lbdb, I think. Not using jpilot, or any of
> the pilot programs.
>
> > HTH. I am a bit confused about exactly what is happening for you.
>
> I wanted to see just one entry, called "Da Guys", that had 3 email
> addresses listed. (which is what I have entered into abook - 1 entry,
> with 3 addresses). So I would need to just choose the 1 entry, and not
> have to tag all 3 of "Da Guys", in order to send an email to the list
> called "Da Guys". It's manageable with 3 members, but tagging more than
> that would be tedious and off-putting.
>
> Any idea how I would get the one entry as described above, in case I
> decide to add more addresses to "Da Guys"? With abook, I mean; you've
> said that it works that way with lbdb linking to jpilot.
>
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