aliases and PDA databases (was: mh-compose-prompt-flag question)

Henrik Frisk <henrik.frisk <at> mhm.lu.se> wrote:

> > > ...
> > > Is there a way to create a new MH-Letter buffer and place the
> > > insertion in the To: field automatically?
> > 
> > That's the way MH-E works out of the box. Try emacs -Q and see if MH-E
> > behaves as you'd expect. Then you can localize the problem.
> > 
> OK, it's got nothing to do with mh-e. I'm using bbdb and this line:
> 
> (add-hook 'mh-folder-mode-hook 'bbdb-insinuate-mh)
> 
> in my .emacs causes mh-e to prompt for To:, cc: and subject no matter
> how I configure mh-e.
> 
> I'm trying to get my address books sorted out (or rather my usage of
> them) and find an efficient way to deal with aliases and groups
> without having to duplicate information. Right now I'm trying
> mail-abbrevs.el with bbdb but any suggestions are welcome.

Henrik,

Same here. On my list of things to do is to avoid duplicating email
addresses in my MH alias file and my Palm address book. My guess is that
BBDB is involved and the the missing link is a conduit between the Palm
database and BBDB. If any of you out there have solutions or even ideas
for this problem, let's discuss! Getting aliases to and from the BBDB
will help out Henrik too.