bbdb "read only" records...

bbdb "read only" records...

[Christopher Browne]

I have set up BBDB integration with GNUS, but have some cases where I
do NOT want BBDB to grab updates from GNUS.

Notably, our internal ticketing system (RT3) generates email that
comes from a central email account that attaches other names to that
email.

What I want is for that email account to be treated as our "Tech
Support"; whenever a ticket email comes in, the email has a From: line
like the following:

From: "Christopher Browne via RT" <systems@ca.afilias.info>

BBDB proposes to update the name on that email address to "Christopher
Browne via RT"; as time goes by, if I allow that, various AKA entries
emerge such that the address is associated with the names of fairly
much everyone at the office.

Is there some hook function I can add in such that I could say
something like:

 (if (member? email-address '("systems@ca.afilias.info"
                              "techsupport@ca.afilias.info"))
     (abort-dont-bother-associating))

I'm making that up, of course :-).
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Re: bbdb "read only" records...

[Reiner Steib]

On Fri, May 19 2006, Christopher Browne wrote:

> I have set up BBDB integration with GNUS, but have some cases where I
> do NOT want BBDB to grab updates from GNUS.

You probably meant to write "Gnus" instead of "GNUS".

> Is there some hook function I can add in such that I could say
> something like:
>
>  (if (member? email-address '("systems@ca.afilias.info"
>                               "techsupport@ca.afilias.info"))
>      (abort-dont-bother-associating))

See `bbdb-canonicalize-net-hook' in (info "(bbdb)Customization Hooks")
or `bbdb-ignore-some-messages-alist' in (info "(bbdb)Predefined Hooks").

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Re: bbdb "read only" records...

[Christopher Browne]

Oops! Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> was seen spray-painting on a wall:
> On Fri, May 19 2006, Christopher Browne wrote:
>
>> I have set up BBDB integration with GNUS, but have some cases where I
>> do NOT want BBDB to grab updates from GNUS.
>
> You probably meant to write "Gnus" instead of "GNUS".

Right...

>> Is there some hook function I can add in such that I could say
>> something like:
>>
>>  (if (member? email-address '("systems@ca.afilias.info"
>>                               "techsupport@ca.afilias.info"))
>>      (abort-dont-bother-associating))
>
> See `bbdb-canonicalize-net-hook' in (info "(bbdb)Customization Hooks")
> or `bbdb-ignore-some-messages-alist' in (info "(bbdb)Predefined Hooks").

Ah, that does it.  Thanks!
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Re: bbdb "read only" records...

[Reiner Steib]

On Sat, May 20 2006, Christopher Browne wrote:

> Oops! Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> was seen spray-painting on a wall:
>> See `bbdb-canonicalize-net-hook' in (info "(bbdb)Customization Hooks")
>> or `bbdb-ignore-some-messages-alist' in (info "(bbdb)Predefined Hooks").
>
> Ah, that does it.  Thanks!

Please share your solution with the readers of this group/list.

Bye, Reiner.
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