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SIP Accounts – Storage
Typically, you leave the st orage method a s Local. Howeve r, if your VoIP service p rovider provide s access to an
XCap or We bDav server, you can choose to store some contact data on that server.
Contact data gets stored on the server as follows:
• Softphone numbers and di splay names from contacts created manually or from a corporate directory or by
importing from a file.
• Other data from these contacts does not get stored on this server.
• XMPP contact data does not get stored on this server.
Table 6: SIP Accounts – Storage
Field Description
Storage method The storage method to be used for the buddy list and presence rules. The file can be stored
locally (choose Local) or both locally and on a remote computer (choose one of the other
options).
Server Settings (not used for “Local”)
Use SIP credentials Check this box to use the username and password from your SIP account in order to log into
the storage server.
Otherwise, uncheck this box and complete the Username and Password fields.
Use alternative server credentials Check this box to use specific credentials. Enter data for connecting to the server.