PMDF User's Guide
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7.3.2 The Pine Address Book

You can have one or more addressbooks in Pine. In addition to a personal addressbook, one or more global, read-only addressbooks can be set up (for sharing between multiple users). The names of your personal addressbooks are specified in the Pine resource file by the address-book option. Normally, this option is set and modified from within Pine by using the SETUP menu and then selecting the A ddressbook menu; it can, however, also be set by manually editing the Pine resource file. The built-in default file name used for an addressbook PMDF_INIT:PINE.ADDRESSBOOK. A "lookup" file is used to speed access to the addressbook. The lookup file has the same name as the addressbook, with -LU as suffix; e.g., PMDF_INIT:PINE.ADDRESSBOOK-LU. The lookup file is generated automatically by Pine. Global addressbooks can be specified using the global-address-book option.

7.3.2.1 Pine Address Books and the PMDF Personal Alias Database

A limited interface between Pine's address books and PMDF's personal alias database has existed since Pine 3.91. When you add an address to one of Pine's address books using Pine's ADDRESS BOOK menu, it will also be added to your personal alias database, overwriting any existing entry of the same name. The Pine "nickname" is the alias name used in PMDF's personal alias database and the e-mail address is the corresponding value for the alias. Adding or deleting Pine's address lists has no effect on PMDF's personal alias database.

When you delete an address in one of Pine's address books, it is also deleted from PMDF's personal alias database if present.

The J command can be used to dump the entire current addressbook into your PMDF personal alias database. If no personal alias database exists, it will be created.


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