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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.
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.


== Adding the Shared Address Book ==
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=== Specific Instructions ===
First of all you need to log in to the web interface of the shared address book, and click on '''Help'''. This page will give you all of the settings you will need. See [[How do I set up the shared addressbook]] for more details.
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[[How to set up Thunderbird#Adding the shared Address Book|How to set up Thunderbird]]


==Outlook 2010==
[[How to set up MS Outlook#Adding the shared Address Book|How to set up MS Outlook]]
#Go to '''File''' -> '''Info''' -> '''Account Settings'''.
#Click on the '''Address Book''' tab.
#Click on '''New'''.
#Select '''Internet Directory Service'''
#Enter your server name (from the Address Book help page) and tick '''This server requires me to log on'''.
#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.
#Click on '''More Settings''' and click '''OK''' to the warning message.
#Choose a friendly display name, like '''Shared Address Book'''.
#Click on search and enter the search base (from the Address Book help page).
#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===
[[How to set up MS Entourage#Adding the shared Address Book|How to set up MS Entourage]]
#Select Tools > Account Settings
#Select Address Books then select New
#Select Internet Directory Service (LDAP) then select Next
#Enter your server name (from the Address Book help page) and tick '''This server requires me to log on'''.
#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.
#Click on '''More Settings''' and click '''OK''' to the warning message.
#Choose a friendly display name, like '''Shared Address Book'''.
#Click on search and enter the search base (from the Address Book help page).
#Click on '''OK''', and then on '''Finish'''.


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=== Specific Instructions ===
[[How to set up Outlook Express#Adding the shared Address Book|How to set up Outlook Express]]
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[[How to set up Thunderbird#Adding the shared Address Book|How to set up Thunderbird]]


[[Category:LDAP]]
[[Category:LDAP]]

Revision as of 17:08, 2 March 2015

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.

Adding the Shared Address Book

First of all you need to log in to the web interface of the shared address book, and click on Help. This page will give you all of the settings you will need. See How do I set up the shared addressbook for more details.

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

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.

Specific Instructions

How to set up Thunderbird

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