How to set up the shared addressbook

All Forget About IT™ servers have an LDAP based shared addressbook. It can be accessed from many applications, including most email clients, and a number of desktop address books as well, and you will find that your webmail account already has this facility enabled. In order to access the shared addressbook from an application you will need the following information.

• Server Name: Usually mail.<your domain name> or server.<your domain name>. Often you can use a short name such as "server" on its own if the computer is not used outside of the office network.

• User Name / Account ID: This is a bit complicated. We have a web page on your server where you can copy this from. It takes the following form: uid=<your user id>,ou=People,dc=<your domain shortcode>,dc=uk,dc=fabit,dc=net. (fabit is the shortest version of Forget ABout IT we could find that was still available. It was only afterwards we realised that it could also be read as FABulous IT!).

• Password: Hopefully you will already know this, as we cannot find out what your password is as it stored as an encrypted form.

• Search Base: ou=AddressBook,dc=<your domain shortcode>,dc=uk,dc=fabit,dc=net.

Specific information on the settings for your server are available on the help page of the Address Book web interface. See How do I access the system remotely on how to log in to your server's web interface.

Outlook 2010

1. Go to File -> Info -> Account Settings.
2. Click on the Address Book tab.
3. Click on New.
4. Select Internet Directory Service
5. Enter your server name (from the Address Book help page) and tick This server requires me to log on.
6. Enter your LDAP format user name (from the Address Book help page) and your password (the same you use to log in to email). Do not tick SPA.
7. Click on More Settings and click OK to the warning message.
8. Choose a friendly display name, like Shared Address Book.
9. Click on search and enter the search base (from the Address Book help page).
10. Click on OK, and then on Finish.

Useful Links

• http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/wiscmail/page.php?id=13789
• http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=13847

Outlook 2007

1. Select Tools > Account Settings
2. Select Address Books then select New
3. Select Internet Directory Service (LDAP) then select Next
4. Enter your server name (from the Address Book help page) and tick This server requires me to log on.
5. Enter your LDAP format user name (from the Address Book help page) and your password (the same you use to log in to email). Do not tick SPA.
6. Click on More Settings and click OK to the warning message.
7. Choose a friendly display name, like Shared Address Book.
8. Click on search and enter the search base (from the Address Book help page).
9. Click on OK, and then on Finish.

Thunderbird

How to set up Thunderbird