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From: itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Using Elm to maintain a phonebook
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.202749.1855@mrspoc.Transact.COM>
Date: 23 Jan 91 20:27:49 GMT
Reply-To: steven@Transact.COM
Organization: Transact Software
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One of my dilemmas is that I don't like to have too many different programs
running at one time nor to have to remember the command syntaxes and
structures for tons of programs (okay - I DO remember a lot, but...)

I had the need to create a readily accessible telephone/address list,
and it suddenly occurred to me that Elm provided the ideal tool!  I 
created a dummy mail message to use for the headers (minimal headers),
then I edit that message, including the name of the company and the
main phone number as the Subject:.  In the body of the message I can
then store the address, notes, Email address, FAX numbers, and the like.
I typically do all of this by editing the file =phonebook using Elm's
edit mode.  When I want to look someone up, I either sort by Subject:
or use the / or // searches!  Works like a charm and, since I almost
always have Elm up in a window, it's real quick, too!!
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