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:
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 in the file menu. The Edit Contact window will pop up.
Add the contact information and click for the vCard to be saved locally.
If you wish to add information about a new contact locally, click in the menu. The Edit Contact window will pop up. Add the contact information and click .
All user information –– both local and global –– is now available to all other parts of Kontact, not just in the interface. If you write an e-mail or create a meeting, details about these users are accessible.