Re: using gmail contacts with Gnus

[Bastien]

Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca> writes:

> Can Gnus use gmail contacts to expand aliases in outgoing messages?
> If it can't do this directly, is anyone aware of tools to generate a
> .mailrc from my gmail contacts?

Should be feasible:
http://code.google.com/apis/contacts/docs/1.0/developers_guide_python.html

> As a more general question, I'm trying to figure out the best way to
> manage my contacts.  I've just purchased an android phone which can sync
> with gmail contacts, so that seems to be a natural starting point,
> although I don't use gmail much so I'm open to other possibilities.
>
> My main goal is to have synchronized contact lists in Gnus (on a linux
> machine) and on my android phone.

I guess many Gnus users use BBDB -- http://bbdb.sourceforge.net

Maybe a BBDB-gmail sync tool?

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Bastien