Interfaces

The BBDB interfaces itself with several message-handling packages, but certain parameters control its behavior depending on whether it is being used from within a mail reader or a news reader.

In all of these packages, two new keybindings will be added:

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(show-sender) Displays the BBDB entry corresponding to the author of the current message. If there is none, you will be asked whether to create one.

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(annotate-sender) Lets you edit the `notes' field of the BBDB record corresponding to the sender of the current message. If there is no record for the current author, you will be asked whether to create one.

It is possible to configure BBDB so that it automatically creates a record when it sees a message from a person who is not in the database. It is also possible to have text automatically added to the notes field of the corresponding record depending on the contents of the message headers. See section Customization Hooks