Accessing Group Contact Information

This section will show you how to retrieve contact information from the Kolab web server and store it locally. It will also show you how to create a local vCard for a personal contact.

Kontact gives read-only access to information stored by the Kolab server, To look up addresses on the server do the following:

  1. Click the Contact icon.

  2. Select Tools->Lookup Addresses in the LDAP Directory.

    Figure 10.7. The Search for Addresses Window

    The Search for Addresses Window
  3. In the Search for text box, type the name you wish to search for.

  4. Click Search. A list of names matching the search string will appear.

    [Tip]Tip

    Selecting the Recursive search check-box to enable a search of all directories and subdirectories.

  5. Select the users you wish to add locally or click Select All.

  6. Click Add Selected.

  7. Click Cancel.

The names you selected are now in your users list. Select a user and Kontact will display the user information stored by the Kolab server in the right-hand panel.

To add personal information about this contact for later use, select the user you wish to edit, Click Edit Contact in the file menu. The Edit Contact window will pop up.

Figure 10.8. The Edit Contacts Window

The Edit Contacts Window

Add the contact information and click OK for the vCard to be saved locally.

If you wish to add information about a new contact locally, click New Contact in the File menu. The Edit Contact window will pop up. Add the contact information and click OK.

All user information –– both local and global –– is now available to all other parts of Kontact, not just in the Contacts interface. If you write an e-mail or create a meeting, details about these users are accessible.