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  <title>Address Book Preferences</title>
  <p>&Balsa; supports the use of multiple address books, both
  local
  <link xref="glossary#vcard">VCARD</link> and remote &LDAP;
  address books, both of which can be configured here.
  &GnomeCard; also uses VCARD address books, so this allows
  &Balsa; to share address books with other GNOME
  applications.</p>
  <p>&Balsa; also supports LDIF address books, and can be built
  to use GPE address books, when SQLite is available, and Rubrica
  address books. Which types are supported depends on how
  &Balsa; was built.</p>
  <p>The main portion of the preferences page is occupied by the
  list of current address books for &Balsa;. The list shows the
  type of address book, the name, and whether it is included in
  automatic alias expansion when typing new messages. There are
  also several buttons that manipulate the list of address
  books:</p>
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    <item>
      <title>
        <gui>Add</gui>
      </title>
      <p>Using this adds a new address book for &Balsa; to use
      to find addresses. If you click it, a drop-down menu of the
      supported address book types is shown. Click one to begin the
      process. &Balsa; pops up a dialog, which, if you choose
      VCARD, looks like this:</p>
      <figure>
        <title>VCARD Address Book Dialog</title>
        <media type="image" src="figures/address-book-vcard.png" />
      </figure>
      <p>With &LDAP; support, the dialog looks somewhat
      different, offering options to set the location of the
      directory instead of a file.</p>
      <figure>
        <title>&LDAP; Address Book Dialog</title>
        <media type="image" src="figures/address-book-ldap.png" />
      </figure>
      <p>In order to use a LDAP address book, you need to know the
      host name of the LDAP server. Depending on the server
      configuration, you may need also so called Base Domain Name
      which identifies your particular department. You can always
      try leaving Base Domain Name field empty and a default value
      will be used (OpenLDAP stores the default Base Domain Name in

      <file>/etc/openldap/ldap.conf</file>). If this does not work,
      you may need to ask your administrator for the value of this.
      The usual values are usually similar to:
      “dc=theochem,dc=KTH,dc=se” or “o=Theoretical Chemistry,
      c=SE”.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>
        <gui>Modify</gui>
      </title>
      <p>This enables you to change the properties of the selected
      address book.</p>
      <figure>
        <title>Modify an Address Book</title>
        <media type="image"
        src="figures/address-book-modify.png" />
      </figure>
      <p>It is possible to modify both the name and location for
      any address book. Also, you can change whether the contents
      of the address book will be used when attempting to
      auto-complete an address when sending a message.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>
        <gui>Delete</gui>
      </title>
      <p>Delete the selected address book.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>
        <gui>Set as Default</gui>
      </title>
      <p>Set the selected address book as default.</p>
    </item>
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