Subject: Re: Addressbook Nicknames Needed?

From: Brad <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 23:30:32 +0000

On 5 Nov 1994 [email-masked] wrote:

> 	Is it necessary to use the nickname fields when entering data in 
> the PINE address book?  It gets real annoying trying to think of a 
> nickname for every litte entry...

	Uh, yes, you need a nickname for each entry. What would be the
point in the address book, otherwise?! 

	--Simon.

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From: [email-masked] (JLFITZ@cais)
Date: 5 Nov 1994 02:38:48 GMT

Also, how do you set the tabs to space a little less? Thanks 
anyone with information...

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From: Steve Hubert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 1994 22:39:15 -0800 (PST)

Yes, it is necessary.  The nicknames are used as keys when looking up the 
entries in the address book.

The spacing of the tabs isn't something you can control, either.  Pine 
tries to set the spacing so that as much as possible of the fields will 
show, so shortening long fields will cause the spacing to be reduced.

Steve Hubert <[email-masked]>
Networks and Distributed Computing, Univ. of Washington, Seattle

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From: [email-masked] (Arthur Hlavaty)
Date: 7 Nov 1994 18:36:45 -0500

Brad ([email-masked]) wrote:
: On 5 Nov 1994 [email-masked] wrote:

: > 	Is it necessary to use the nickname fields when entering data in 
: > the PINE address book?  It gets real annoying trying to think of a 
: > nickname for every litte entry...

: 	Uh, yes, you need a nickname for each entry. What would be the
: point in the address book, otherwise?! 

To have a record of what address goes with what name.

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Arthur D. Hlavaty             [email-masked]
Church of the SuperGenius   In Wile E. We Trust

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From: [email-masked] (Lucio Chiappetti)
Date: 8 Nov 1994 07:23:15 -0600

On 5 Nov 1994 [email-masked] wrote:
|> 
|> > 	Is it necessary to use the nickname fields when entering data in 
|> > the PINE address book?  It gets real annoying trying to think of a 
|> > nickname for every litte entry...

   Personally I hate instead typing full e-mail addresses and could
   not live without nicknames since the times of Bitnet/IBM Rice Mail.
   Pine is much better than any other mailing s/w I've seen on Unix.
   I like using nicknames, and I like the fact Pine produces headers
   with both the e-mail address and the person true name.

   I personally do not have any doubt in thinking a nickname for
   any "every little entry", I usually use the person name, surname
   or e-mail username (but I'd never again have to remember the node
   and domain !).
   I even use nicknames for local users, so that Pine may include the
   user full name.

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