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|Name=The Insidious Big Brother Database
 
|Name=The Insidious Big Brother Database
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|Short description=Contact management utility for Emacs
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|Short description=Contact management utility for Emacs.
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|Full description=BBDB is the Insidious Big Brother Database for [[GNU Emacs]]. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients (Rmail, Gnus, VM, mu4e). BBDB is fully customizable.
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|Full description='''BBDB''' is the Insidious Big Brother Database for [[GNU Emacs]]. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients (Message and Mail mode, [[Rmail]], [[Gnus]], [[MH-E]], [[Mu4e]], [[VM]], and [[Wanderlust]]). BBDB is fully customizable.
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|Homepage URL=https://www.nongnu.org/bbdb/
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|Version download=https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
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|Is High Priority Project=No
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/bbdb.git
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|Documentation note=BBDB is now available via Emacs Lisp Package Archive (ELPA).
  
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BBDB recently went through a major re-write which has been released as BBDB 3. BBDB 3 is fully compatible with GNU Emacs 23 and 24 (but not with older versions of GNU Emacs nor -so far- with Xemacs).
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To install this package, run in [[Emacs]]:
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|Homepage URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/
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|User level=none
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<code>M-x package-install RET bbdb RET</code>
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|Component programs=netscape,News/Mail,interface,program
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.nongnu.org/bbdb.git
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|Related projects=ebdb
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|Computer languages=Emacs Lisp
 
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|Documentation note=User manual available in HTML form http://bbdb.sourceforge.net/bbdb.html; user manual included in TexInfo format
 
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|Related projects=BBclone,Emacs
 
 
|Keywords=email,database,News,USENET,XEmacs,contact management,Big Brother. Emacs
 
|Keywords=email,database,News,USENET,XEmacs,contact management,Big Brother. Emacs
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|Version identifier=3.1
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|Version identifier=3.2
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|Version date=2014/02/28
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|Version date=2017/12/20
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
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|Version download=https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-emacs-sources/2014-03/msg00000.html
 
 
|Last review by=Genium
 
|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review date=2014/03/01
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|Last review date=2020/09/04
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Status=
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|User level=beginner
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|Extension of=emacs
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|Component programs=netscape,News/Mail,interface,program
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Test entry=No
 
|Is GNU=No
 
|Is GNU=No
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|License verified date=2001-03-05
 
 
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{{Project license
 
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|License=GPLv2orlater
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|License=GPLv3orlater
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|License verified by=Janet Casey
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|License copyright=Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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|License verified date=2001-03-05
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2020-04-21
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|License note=https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/tree/COPYING
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{{Software category
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|Business=productivity, specialized
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|Interface=command-line, x-window-system
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|Programming-language=lisp
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|Runs-on=Windows, BSD, OS X, GNU/Linux
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{{EntryGNU
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|Is GNU=No
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{{Software prerequisite
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
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|Prerequisite description=[[GNU Emacs]] 24 or newer
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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|Real name=Waider
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|Real name=Roland Winkler
 
|Role=Maintainer
 
|Role=Maintainer
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|Email=waider@waider.ie
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|Email=winkler@gnu.org
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|Resource URL=
 
 
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{{Resource
 
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource audience=Debian
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource kind=Developer
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|Resource URL=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git
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|Resource URL=https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bbdb
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource audience=Savannah
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|Resource kind=Bug Tracking
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|Resource kind=Developer
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=bbdb
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/
 
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|Resource audience=Help
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|Resource audience=Savannah
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|Resource kind=E-mail
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=mailto:bbdb-announce@lists.surceforge.net
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|Resource URL=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/
 
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|Resource audience=Developer,Support
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|Resource audience=Savannah
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Info/Archive
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|Resource kind=Mailing List
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|Resource URL=http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/bbdb-info
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|Resource URL=https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bbdb-user/
 
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|Business=productivity, specialized
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|Resource audience=ELPA
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|Interface=command-line, x-window-system
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
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|Resource audience=ELPA
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|Prerequisite description=Emacs v. 19.34 or later
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to use
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Prerequisite description=XEmacs v. 19.16 or later
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|Resource URL=https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/bbdb/
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Required to build
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|Resource audience=History
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|Prerequisite description=Emacs
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|Resource kind=General
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|Resource URL=https://sourceforge.net/projects/bbdb/
 
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|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
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|Resource audience=Wikidata
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|Prerequisite description=Reportmail
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|Resource URL=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91336649
 
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{{EntryDetails
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|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
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|Is High Priority Project=No
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|Prerequisite description=gnuserv
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|Version identifier=3.2.1
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{{Software prerequisite
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|Version date=2022-02-21
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|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
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|Version status=stable
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|Prerequisite description=Gnus
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|Last review by=Genium
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|Last review date=2022-02-21
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|Submitted by=WikiSysop
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|Prerequisite kind=Weak prerequisite
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|Submitted date=2011-04-12
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|Prerequisite description=VM
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Test entry=No
 
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Latest revision as of 11:02, 21 February 2022


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The Insidious Big Brother Database

https://www.nongnu.org/bbdb/
Contact management utility for Emacs.

BBDB is the Insidious Big Brother Database for GNU Emacs. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients (Message and Mail mode, Rmail, Gnus, MH-E, Mu4e, VM, and Wanderlust). BBDB is fully customizable.



Download

https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html

version 3.2.1 (stable)
released on 21 February 2022




Categories





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv3orlater

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

21 April 2020

Notes

https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/tree/COPYING




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Roland Winkler Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
ELPAHomepagehttps://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
SavannahMailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bbdb-user/
ELPADownloadhttps://elpa.gnu.org/packages/bbdb.html
SavannahVCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bbdb.git/
DebianDeveloperhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/bbdb
WikidataGeneralhttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91336649
SavannahDeveloperhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/bbdb/
Downloadhttps://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/bbdb/
HistoryGeneralhttps://sourceforge.net/projects/bbdb/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
Required to useGNU Emacs 24 or newer

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 21 February 2022.




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