abook and distribution list

I'd like to have in abook some lists
to use them with Mutt: A single name
with more e-mail addresses.
So I can chose that name and send mail
to all addresses grouped under that name.
However, in abook I'm able to refer
to a name only 2 or 3 addresses,
the following one are truncated.
Is there anything to put in abookrc
to create these distribution lists?

Thanx
MS

* Mauro Sacchetto wrote :
> I'd like to have in abook some lists
> to use them with Mutt: A single name
> with more e-mail addresses.
> So I can chose that name and send mail
> to all addresses grouped under that name.
> However, in abook I'm able to refer
> to a name only 2 or 3 addresses,
> the following one are truncated.
> Is there anything to put in abookrc
> to create these distribution lists?

Probably better to ask in a list or group specific for abook, if
there is one, rather than mutt. But as far as I know, there
isn't a way to do what you ask with abook. Only thing that may
work is to have an entry in abook where the email address field
is a list of comma separated email addresses. Haven't tried it
but that may work.

You can do it with mutt alias files.

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Troy Piggins wrote:
> Probably better to ask in a list or group specific for abook, if
> there is one, rather than mutt.
I searched, but I didn't find one...


> But as far as I know, there
> isn't a way to do what you ask with abook. Only thing that may
> work is to have an entry in abook where the email address field
> is a list of comma separated email addresses. Haven't tried it
> but that may work.
If you have more addresses separated by comma, abook creates
different entry, one for each address. If u separe the addresses
by semicolon in abook, mutt send the email to all addresses.
Only, if you put in abook too many addresses, only the first ones
work correctly. The last ones are truncated.


> You can do it with mutt alias files.
Yes, so I think I use them. However,
it would be nice if this possibility were
implemented in abook....

Thanx
M.

* Mauro Sacchetto wrote :
>* Troy Piggins wrote:
>
>> Probably better to ask in a list or group specific for abook, if
>> there is one, rather than mutt.
>
> I searched, but I didn't find one...

Aah, I see.

>> But as far as I know, there
>> isn't a way to do what you ask with abook. Only thing that may
>> work is to have an entry in abook where the email address field
>> is a list of comma separated email addresses. Haven't tried it
>> but that may work.
>
> If you have more addresses separated by comma, abook creates
> different entry, one for each address. If u separe the addresses
> by semicolon in abook, mutt send the email to all addresses.
> Only, if you put in abook too many addresses, only the first ones
> work correctly. The last ones are truncated.

Oh. As I said, I hadn't tried it. Just thinking out aloud.

>> You can do it with mutt alias files.
>
> Yes, so I think I use them. However,
> it would be nice if this possibility were
> implemented in abook...

True. Good luck

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