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[Tim Cross <theophilusx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

not sure if this will  help, but I use VM trunk with bbdb and the only
BBDB related configuration I've had in my config for a long time now
is

(require 'bbdb)
(bbdb-initialize 'vm 'message 'sendmail)

(setq bbdb-check-zip-codes-p nil
          bbdb-default-country "Australia"
          bbdb-north-american-phone-numbers-p nil
          bbdb/mail-autocreate-p nil)

To get address completion in VM I just hit tab when filling in
to/cc/bcc headers.
I do ensure the path to bbdb is provided when building VM

I use to use abbrevs with mail as well, but stopped doing that a few
years back (for no special reason, just didn't find I needed it as
well as bbdb).

My suggestion would be to remove all your bbdb related settings apart
from the require and initialize lines and then see what you need to
add/configure.

I'm using bbdb from a github repository - don't know if its the latest
or greatest, but it works for me. The ursl is

git://github.com/barak/BBDB.git

I'm also running under emacs 24 (from bzr repo). While I normally find
emacs 24 quite stable, over recent weeks, I have run into numerous
issues and would not recommend it over emacs 23 unless there are
features in 24 you need.

Tim


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Johan Vromans
<question165331@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> New question #165331 on VM:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/vm/+question/165331
>
> I'm in the process of upgrading my old VM config to modern times. I'm currently using VM 8.2.0a and BBDB 2.36devo.
>
> In my .vm settings I have the following aliases/abbrevs/BBDB related settings:
>
> (defun jv-mail-setup-hook ()
>  (mail-abbrevs-setup)
>  (if (fboundp 'bbdb-define-all-aliases)
>      (bbdb-define-all-aliases))
>  (define-key (current-local-map) "\C-n" 'mail-abbrev-next-line)
>  (define-key (current-local-map) [down] 'mail-abbrev-next-line)
>  (define-key (current-local-map) [C-end]  'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer)
>  (define-key (current-local-map) "\M->" 'mail-abbrev-end-of-buffer)
>  (define-key (current-local-map) "\C-c\C-w" 'jv-mail-signature)
>  (define-key (current-local-map) [M-kp-enter] 'jv-vm-toggle-reply-address)
>  )
> (add-hook 'mail-setup-hook 'jv-mail-setup-hook)
>
> In .emacs:
>
> (require 'bbdb)
> (bbdb-initialize 'gnus 'message 'vm)
>
> However, when composing a mail from VM I do not get the BBDB aliases/abbrevs.
>
> In the buffer mode line it says that abbrev minor mode is enabled.
> Keys like \C-n and [down] are, indeed, bound to mail-abbrev-next-line, indicating that the mail setup hook was executed.
> But the only aliases/abbrevs that are expanded are a few that are read from .abbrev_defs.
> No mail addresses from BBDB, also no addresses from BBDB 'mail-alias fields.
>
> Helpful suggestions are kindly welcomed.
>
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