Re: gather from message send addresses

>> in bbdb2, i had
>> 
>> ;; bbdb gather from message send addresses
>> (defun zzz-bbdb-mail-send-function ()
>>   (bbdb-update-records
>>    (delete-if (lambda (item)
>> 		(string= "" (caaddr item)))
>> 	      (bbdb-wl-get-addresses bbdb-get-only-first-address-p))
>>    t t))
>> (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'zzz-bbdb-mail-send-function)
> it grabs all addresses from the from and to headers of a freshly
> composed email and puts them into bbdb? So if you send an email
> to a new contact it's automatically inserted into bbdb, right?
> 
>  
>> what is the bbdb3 equivalent?
> I think you have to rewrite the b-wl-get-addr function. You will find
> an example in bbdb-wl.el. I use this quite inelegant function:
> 
> (defun hmw/wl-get-header(header)
> 
>   ; Depending on the hook this is used for there are different ways
>   ; to retrieve header data.  
>   (let ((folder (if wl-summary-buffer-elmo-folder
>                     wl-summary-buffer-elmo-folder
>                   (wl-folder-get-elmo-folder wl-message-buffer-cur-folder)))
>         (msg-num (if wl-summary-buffer-elmo-folder
>                      (wl-summary-message-number)
>                    wl-message-buffer-cur-number)))
> 
>     (elmo-message-entity-field
>      (elmo-message-entity folder msg-num)
>      (intern (downcase header)) 'string)))
> 
> The trouble is, that depending on the state of the process, i.e. what
> hook is executed, you have to use different approaches to get the
> headers from the mail buffer. I think the two approaches will not work
> in a draft buffer, but you might get a feeling of what to do ;).
> 
> Thinking about it for a bit longer, you might want to have a look at
> the original b-wl-get-addr function and adjust that. At least the part
> dealing with wl should still work.
> 
> I'm sorry for this unhelpful mail, I'm a bit busy at the moment. If
> you can't fix it and nobody else jumps in, post a reply and I will try
> to look into that the upcoming weekend.

i made no progress on this.  weak fu and overwhelmed at work.

have you made any?

thanks

randy