Subject: YAW (Yet Another Wish)

From: Stenberg Daniel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 10:27:14 +0100

Hi

What I've been missing in Pine 3 all since I started using it is a very
minor detail:

In the address book, when you create a list, why aren't the "members"
of the list ordinary address book entries?

What if I have three lists in which I have my friend 'alpha' in (who
I also frequently send personal mails) and one day he changes his
address. As I see it, it would be a very easy fix to let a list merely
refer to a real 'personal' entry in the address book and then I could
change Alpha's address in one place and see it changed in all lists.

*AND* I could enter real name, comment, fcc etc for single persons in
a list...

This way, the lists would be more like 'groups' and you could put any
person into any group (yes, very much like the user system in unix)...

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 09:50:07 +0000 (GMT)

Ummm.... I don't understand your question, as I think Pine already does
exactly what you are asking.  It is quite legitimate to put the nickname
of another address book entry (individual entry, or even that of another
list) in as a member of a list.

Indeed, here's an extract from the Address Book's built-in help explicitly
stating this.  In particular note the last sentence.

	Pine entries can be simple cases of aliases (a single nickname is
	linked to a single email address) or distribution lists (a single
	nickname pointing at more than one email address).  Each
	distribution list has a nickname, a full name and a list of
	addresses. The addresses may be actual addresses or they may be
	other nicknames in your address book. They may even refer to other
	distribution lists.

Isn't this what you're after?

Cheers,

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From: Daniel Stenberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:26:04 +0100 (MET)

On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Mike Brudenell wrote:

> exactly what you are asking.

> 	The addresses may be actual addresses or they may be

Yes, it is.

I'm very sorry and I feel ashamed for contributing to the constant stream of
RTFM related questions and requests. I will now starve myself a few days as
punishment for my stupidity =)

Forgive my ignorance and please continue.

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