How to use mu4e with both org-contacts and mu autocompletion database
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TiMueller · 2022-09-22 12:23

I switched from Thunderbird to Mu4e a year ago and never regretted it.

To make my use of Mu4e an even better experience, I would love to
combine for autocompletion the mail-addresses of org-contacts with the
automatically collected mail-adresses of the mu database. I am using
helm and tried out John Kitchins solution from
[https://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/03/14/A-helm-
mu4e-contact-
selector/](https://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2015/03/14/A-helm-
mu4e-contact-selector/), but if I `(require 'org-contacts)`, the
variable `mu4e~contacts-for-completion` is void, and if I do not
(require 'org-contacts), I get the error: `Symbonl's function
definition is void: org-contacts-db`.

Does anyone of you combine the two sources for e-mail-address
completion in mu4e, and how have you solved it?

I was setting hopes in mu4e-contacts ([https://gitlab.com/voidyourwarr
anty/mu4e-contacts](https://gitlab.com/voidyourwarranty/mu4e-
contacts)). Regrettably, when I add the package and restart emacs, I
get (error Recursive ‘require’ for feature ‘mu4e’).

Thank you for any help and insights!

I am using mu4e 1.8.9 and the newest version of org-contacts (that is
on melpa again, yeah!).