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Steven L Baur wrote:
> 
> > I see. You need the time when composing a message to someone. OK. How
> > about adding a field then to the bbdb database like "Timezone:" which
> > would be queried everytime you write to someone who is in the db?
> 
> That would be fine except bbdb doesn't appear to be maintained any
> more[1] and the information is available in the `In-Reply-To:' header,
> and people do move ...
> 
> This information can be quite relevant in a reply, it's only valid
> with respect to the email address you're replying to, and any decent
> mailer will present the correct timezone in the Date: header.

I don't know why you'd want such a silly thing, but no doubt you could
do it with a hook rather than by altering the core BBDB code.

> Would it help if I threatened to put bbdb-1.51 in XEmacs 20.1 if I
> don't hear a response? :-)

Are you aware that I could have you killed?

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