How do I configure my shared address book with Thunderbird?

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Introduction

This article applies to the Messaging Pro Premium package, which lets you create professional e-mail addresses with sharing functions and synchronisation of contacts and calendar.

This documentation explains how to configure your shared address book in Thunderbird.

Install the carddav synchronisation application:

The first thing to do is to check your version of Thunderbird (or Icedove for Debian users).

To do this, go to Help, About Thunderbird:

Then go to https://sogo.nu/download.html#/frontends

and download the SOGo Connector Thunderbird extension corresponding to your Thunderbird version:

go back to Thunderbird, Tools, Add-ons:

Find the icon :

And Install a module from a file ... :

Select the previously downloaded module and clickInstall:

To complete the installation, restart Thunderbird:

Add a carddav account :

Tools menu, Address Book:

Then File, New, Remote Address Book:

This is where you specify the various parameters for connecting to the carddav server. Here we will use the address webmaster@testlws.fr:

Name: Name of the address book to be created

URL: https://mail02.lwspanel.com/contact/webmaster%40testlws.fr (take care to replace '@' with '%40')
(replace this link with the one you received by email)

View my shared contacts :

Click on Synchronise :

Enter your user name and password:

Username: webmaster@testlws.fr

Password: The one you entered when you created your mailbox

You will find your contact John DOE:

Overview of the Synchronised Address Book function