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`bbdb-snarf'
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   `bbdb-snarf' provides the ability to generate BBDB records from raw
text.  If invoked as `bbdb-snarf', it attempts to generate the record
from the information around point (the cursor).  If invoked as
`bbdb-snarf-region'(1), the active region is used to generate the
record.

Restrictions:

  1. `bbdb-snarf' currently recognizes only US-style phone numbers.

  2. `bbdb-snarf' works best with things that look like mailing
     addresses.

Example of an address that `bbdb-snarf' will recognize:

     another test person
     1234 Gridley St.
     Los Angeles, CA 91342
     555-1212
     test@person.net
     http://www.foo.bar/
     other stuff about this person

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) `bbdb-snarf' is actually a wrapper for `bbdb-snarf-region' that
determines the relevant region and passes it on.