Bbdb

At A Glance  

  Package Name: BBDB
  Latest Version: 1.48
  Developer/Author: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@@lucid.com>
  Availability: Through anonymous FTP
    archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:
         /pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/bbdb.tar.Z
  Sources: Openly Available
  Platforms: Every where Emacs Runs
  Support: Mailing list info-bbdb-request@@lucid.com
  Folder Format: 
  Notable Features: BBDB is not a user agent. It is an e-mail integrated 
                    rolodex-like database.

• From: "BBDB Manual"

  BBDB is a rolodex-like database program for GNU Emacs. BBDB stands for Insidious Big Brother Database, and is not, repeat, not an obscure reference to the Buck Rogers TV series.

  It provides the following features:

  • Tight integration with mail and news readers, with little or no interaction by the user.
  • easy (or automatic) display of the record corresponding to the sender of the current message.
  • automatic creation of records based on the contents of the current message.
  • automatic addition of data to arbitrary fields of the record corresponding to the sender of the current message.
  • Listing all records which match a regular expression;
  • Listing all records which match a regular expression in a particular field (company or notes, for example).