Managing my contacts with the Address Book
The Address Book is a feature which allows you to find users to call and/or to save your list
of persons that you call on a regular basis in a 'Group'. It loads the list of users from
the ILS directory and will store locally CALLTO and H.323 URLS and associated speed dials as well as addresses of ILS directories.Basics of the Address Book
To open the Address Book select Tools -> Address Book and the GnomeMeeting Addressbook window
should appear. To your left there will be a list dialog showing the Servers you have added to
the list as well as a list of Groups. The defaults are ils.seconix.com for Servers and the Personal address book.
GnomeMeeting is able to use several types of address books. The most common address book type is the ILS directory where you can find information about registered users. GnomeMeeting is also able to browse real LDAP directories and use a specific attribute as calling URL. For example, you could have a gatekeeper in your company where all users are registering using their email address. All users would also be listed in the company's LDAP server, and a double-click on a specific user would trigger a call through the gatekeeper using the selected user's e-mail address. GnomeMeeting is also able to detect other GnomeMeeting users on the LAN using Rendez-Vous technology popularized by Apple (tm). That supposes you have a local mDNSResponder daemon running on your computer. Finally, GnomeMeeting is able to bookmark contacts in the local address book, shared with the Evolution suite.
To receive a list of users on a certain ILS or LDAP server, right click on the server in question and
select 'Refresh'. This will contact the server, eg: ils.seconix.com and fetch its user list.
It will then sort the user list by callto:// URL and you can now begin to contact people by
double clicking on their highlighted field. You can also Drag-N-Drop to call a specific party
by selecting the highlighted field and dragging it into the Main Window.
If the persons name is in the color 'gray' it means that this person is in Busy mode
or currently already involved in a Gnomemeeting call with another user, the Status field 'S'
will show a phone that is off the hook.
In certain cases you'll want to search specifically for a persons name or email on a ILS
directory. For instance an ILS directory might have a large amount of people and to scroll
through each and every single name looking for the one you wish to call would be time
consuming. With the Addressbook you can do this by selecting from the drop down list the
persons First Name, Last Name or What their Email Contains and entering the appropriate
search item into the input box then select 'Refresh'.
Managing servers, groups and contacts
To add a server, highlight 'Servers' and right click. The option of adding a New server will
appear. You then click on 'New Server' and at this point a dialog will appear asking you to
enter the server name. Enter the name and select 'OK' and the new server should now appear in
the Servers list.
To add a group, highlight 'Groups' and right click. The option of adding a New group will
appear. You then click on 'New group' and at this point a dialog will appear asking you to
enter the group name. Enter the name and select 'OK' and the new group should now appear in
the Groups list.
To add a contact to one of your Groups you would select the Group you wish to add the contact
to and right click. The option of adding a New Contact will appear and you may now enter the
Contacts name and CALLTO or H.323 URL. After complete select 'OK' and now your contact is added to
the list in that group. You can also add a contact from the ILS directory list by selecting
the highlighted Contact and dragging them to the specific group you wish to add them to or by using the right-click menu when selecting that contact. Finally, you can edit the groups your users belong to using the User Properties dialog from the main menu or from the right-click menu, or using drag-and-drop between groups.
