# The &kaddressbook; Handbook

## Introduction

### Features

The documentation for &kaddressbook; was not complete at the time you installed this application. If you have any questions, please direct them to the appropriate &kde; mailing list.

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## Using &kaddressbook;

## Accessing address data on LDAP servers with &kaddressbook;

&kaddressbook; can be used to import address information from LDAP servers into the local addressbook by using the LDAP search dialog.

To configure (a number) of LDAP servers, open the configuration dialog (Settings Configure KAddressBook...), select LDAP, and use Add Host to configure (a number) of servers. Then move the servers to the "LDAP servers to search" list and press OK to close the dialog.

On the main toolbar in &kaddressbook; a button with a picture of a magnifying glass over a book is available. Use this button to open the LDAP search dialog. The dialog itself is pretty straight forward. Just type in parts of a name, email address or phonenumber and press the Search button.

When the results display in the listbox, it is possible to select one or more address(es) and use the Add Selected to import the selected address(es) to the local addressbook, or click the Mail to Selected to invoke the mail program and write an email to the selected recipients.

The Recursive search checkbox is by default enabled. This will make the LDAP query consider all objects below the base DN of each server. If you only want to consider objects one level below the base, uncheck this checkbox. If in doubt, leave it checked.

## Questions, Answers, and Tips

### Question 1

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## Installation

### How to obtain &kaddressbook;

### Requirements

### Compilation and Installation

Compiling &kaddressbook; is very easy. The following should do it:

    % ./configure
    % make
    % make install

That should do it! Should you run into any problems, please report them to the author at dsanders@kde.org

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