App-Mozilla-Thunderbird-HowTo-ZimbraAddressbook

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App-Mozilla-Thunderbird

How to use a Zimbra address book in Thunderbird.

Share the Address Book

A user that already has access to the address book must have already shared it to your e-mail address via the Zimbra client.

Example Address Book Properties

General
Name	listname
Type	CARDDAV
URL	https://zimbra.domain:port/dav/username/listname/
Username	username
Read-only mode	[ ] May be checked or unchecked to control whether or not changes are pushed back to Zimbra. Caution is strongly recommended if a non-Zimbra application is used to create or modify shared contact lists.
vCard	4.0
Advanced Properties
Expected date format	YYYYMMDD
Use urn:uuid	[ ]
Sync.
Periodic Synchronization
Enable periodic synchronization	[x]
Interval between periodic synchronizations (minutes)	60

Where username is an user-specific e-mail address. The e-mail address used is generally that of the a wanting to use a contact list. And where listname is the name of a shared contact list (as shown in a Zimbra e-mail client Address Book tab). Other contact lists may be maintained by particular individuals for other purposes.

Example Address Book Procedure

Install the CardBook Add-On for Thunderbird. 

Once the CardBook Add-On is installed and enabled, a CardBook tab should become evident. 

1. Select the CardBook tab.
2. Click the hamburger icon in the upper-left corner
3. Mouseover Address Book >
4. Click New Address Book
5. On the resulting Add a new address book dialog:

   Location for the new address book.

   Address book location

   (o) Remote

   Click the Next > button.

   Type and location of the new remote address book.

   Type

   What is the type of your remote address book

   (o) CardDAV

   Connection

   For a CardDAV type, enter the URL of your remote address book

   URL :

   https://zimbra.domain:port/dav/username/listname/

   Enter the credentials for accessing your address book. :

   Username :

   username@zimbra.domain

   Password :

   ...

   Click the Validate button.

   Click the Next > button.

   Address book properties

   Name

   listname

   Color

   ...

   vCard

   4.0

   Read-only mode

   [ ]

   Use urn:uuid

   [ ]

   Click the Next > button.

   Address book properties

   Click the Finish button.