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4.6 Preferences – Contact Storage
These settings let you set up a remote storage system for your contact list. The contact list holds general
information for contacts and is automatically loaded at startup, even if no accounts are enabled.
These settings let you set up a remote storage system for your contact list via WebDAV, XCAP or the Outlook
address book (Bria for Windows) or Mac Address Book (Bria for Mac).
• If you set storage to Local, the contact list is stored only on the user’s computer.
• If you set storage to WebDAV or XCAP, the contact list is stored remotely via the specified method and is
also stored locally, on the user’s computer.
• If you set storage to the Outlook or Mac Address Book, the contact list is not stored locally. Instead, users
are actually using their Outlook or Mac address book from within Bria. When Bria starts, contacts are
fetched from the Outlook or Mac address book. When the user adds or modifies a contact in Bria, the
contact is actually saved in the address book.
Users who choose Outlook must provide connection information on this panel. For Mac users, no further
information is required.
Note that the storage that is configured here is for the contact list (which contains SIP addresses and other
addresses), while the storage that is configured on each SIP account (page 26) is for the buddy list (which
contains only online status information and therefore cannot be stored in Outlook or the Mac address book).
The contact list is automatically loaded at startup, and is loaded even if no accounts are enabled.