Specifications
To bind Address Book on a client to Address Book Server:
1 Open Address Book on the client computer.
The only versions of the Address Book application that support using Address Book
Server are those in Mac OS X version 10.6. Earlier versions of Address Book don’t
support binding to Address Book Server.
2 Choose Address Book > Preferences, and then click Accounts.
3 Click the Add (+) button.
4 In the Add Account dialog, select Mac OS X Server as the Account Type.
5 Enter the user’s name and password. Enter the URL of the Address Book Server.
6 Click Create.
An account is now added to the account list.
The Address Book application now shows a new group with the user’s name and your
server designated. Any groups in the shared address book are displayed below this via
a disclosure triangle.
Mac Client Applications That Integrate with Address Book
Server
The following Apple applications can use Mac OS X Server’s Address Book Server.
Address Book 5.0: The version of Address Book that ships with Mac OS X v10.6 has
built-in support for CardDAV, and therefore Address Book Server.
Mail 4.0: The version of Mail that ships with Mac OS X v10.6 has built-in support for
Address Book Server. This is congured in the Composing preferences.
iChat 5.0: The version of iChat that ships with Mac OS X v10.6 has built-in support for
nding users and groups with Address Book Server.
To enable these applications to access contacts in your Address Book Server, just bind
the appropriate computers to Address Book Server as described in “Directory and
Client Integration” on page 11 .
Third-Party Applications
Any applications that use the Address Book framework also inherit support for Address
Book Server if the computer is bound to an Address Book Server. See “Directory and
Client Integration” on page 11 .
For a client to use Address Book Server, the client must support the CardDAV protocol.
Any application that supports the CardDAV protocol will work with Address Book
Server, although it might not take advantage of Mac OS X–specic additions to the
CardDAV protocol.
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