CounterPath Bria 3.1 Administrator Guide - Manual (Page 50)

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4.8 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).
• Local: The contact list is stored only on the user’s computer.
• WebDAV or XCAP: The contact list is stored remotely via the specified method and is also stored locally,
on the user’s computer.
• Outlook Personal Contacts: The contact list is not stored locally. Instead, users are actually using their
Outlook address book from within Bria. When Bria starts, contacts are fetched from the Outlook address
book. When the user adds or modifies a contact in Bria, the contact is actually saved in the address book.
• Mac Address book: The contact list is not stored locally; it is stored in the Mac Address book. When Bria
starts, contacts are fetched from the Mac Address book. The Bria contact list and Mac Address book are
synchronized: changes in one are automatically copied to the other.
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 30) 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.
Table 10: SIP Account Properties – Storage
Field Description
Storage method The storage method to be used for the Contact list file. The file can be stored locally or both
locally and on a remote computer.
WebDAV Settings
Username and password The user name and password to log into the storage server.
Root URL URL of an appropriate root folder on the remote server. The factory setting is https://
webdav.$domain$/webdav/$username$/