Address Book Wants Web Access? Why?

Hi All,
I have a 3rd party app called Little Snitch installed on my system. It alerts me anytime an application wants to phone home or otherwise access the Internet.
When opening my Address book today, I got a Little Snitch alert saying that Address Book wanted 'net access. In the alert dialog there's the option to deny access, which I clicked.
Wondering: why should this application, which, as part of OSX I paid for for my own private use, and which contains p r i v a t e information, be requesting 'net access?
Any information will be most appreciated. Thanks.

Hi AK,
Thanks for offering to help. To answer your questions, I have no entries under LDAP or sharing, sharing is (and always has been) off, and I have no synchronizing set up.
The message I get from Little Snitch is:
Address Book wants to connect to 17.250.248.105 on TCP port 80 (http)
I did a traceroute on this, and got the following (though I don't know what it means, really...)
traceroute to 17.250.248.105 (17.250.248.105), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 Firewall (192.245.12.78) 12.695 ms
2 Opus-GW (207.182.35.49) 12.695 ms
3 Opus-Login-T3 (204.17.35.105) 12.695 ms
4 phv-edge-01.inet.qwest.net (65.121.93.133) 12.695 ms
5 tmp-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.129.85) 13.671 ms
6 bur-core-01.inet.qwest.net (67.14.10.6) 20.507 ms
7 lap-brdr-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.213.106) 21.483 ms
8 205.171.1.10 (205.171.1.10) 115.227 ms
9 tbr1-p014001.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.123.29.2) 35.154 ms
10 tbr1-cl3.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.10.25) 34.177 ms
11 gar1-p300.placa.ip.att.net (12.123.221.17) 33.201 ms
12 12.118.116.10 (12.118.116.10) 35.154 ms
Any other help you can offer would be most appreciated!

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DVD>Disk Utility>Erase Disk [or Recovery Partition>Disk Utility>Erase Partition]
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Reboot, hopefully Lion install kicks in
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System Preferences>Network>Static IP on the LAN (say 10.0.1.2) and Computer name ("server" is a good standbye)
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< SECURE_LOG = /var/log/secure
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22a23
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111c111
< #LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
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139,140c139,140
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< ServerAdmin [email protected]
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186c186
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677a678,680
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How can yahoo just access my address book and do this, why are they doing this?

Homer_J wrote:
pottyperson wrote:
use an email client such as Thunderbird. That stores all your contacts and saved messages on your computer, and you can back up the data as you wish. In my view it's also easier to manage your email that way than online.
It is only easier if you always have access to that computer.
The beauty of having everything online is you can access it from anywhere you have an internet connection.
I use POP and keep on top of my email online when parted from my main computer, downloading retained messages when I get home. But if you want access to all your folders and messages from any computer, you can use IMAP to get the best of both worlds.
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Address Book Server - access from WAN

I can access my Address Book Server using the server's LAN IP address but not its domain name.
I have set up a global Address Book using the technique suggested in this thread https://discussions.apple.com/message/10571482#10571482 which works well. I have a couple of users set up who can see changes the other user makes to the Global Address Book.
The Global Address Book is accessed at my OS X Server's LAN address, 192.168.1.1 with the details as stated in the above thread.
I should (and want to) be able to access the Global Address Book from outside my LAN using the OS X Server's fully qualified domain name, myserver.mydomain.tld. But it doesn't. The client (10.7) Address Book fails to access. The domain address is correctly mapped to the server and works for other services such as iChat. Router ports are (obviously) open.
So I can set up a client Address book using 192.168.1.1:8800/principals/groups/abglobal/ but not myserver.mydomain.tld:8800/principals/groups/abglobal/ nor over port 8843 & SSL.
Any clues?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: David Gordon to correct a typo.

aneez_backer wrote:
The application retrieves the contents of 'address book' when provided with login information of yahoo or any other email account. Can somebody let me know the way to do it??
Yahoo might...
I believe that for different email service providers, the method to access the address-book would be different. Can anybody leads to any of the service providers??
It likely would be, if it's supported at all. Ask the support department of your service provider.

Accessing address book contacts from safari 'bookmarks'

hey
i'm only seeing 5 contacts when i click the address book tab in the safari bookmarks bar...but i should be seeing 512...
i have reset safari, verified permissions, cleared cache, re-booted, all with no change...
any ideas?
THANKS

i think what happened was a sync between my BlackBerry and the mac must have knocked out that information (somehow) hence the balls up.
Hi William
Clarification: Are you saying these web entries are not in your BlackBerry? If so, are you saying when you synched with the Address Book, the web field was overwritten by the BlackBerry, hence, deleting the entries from the Address Book?

Slow access to address book functions due to shared address books

We have recently migrated from GW v8.0.3 on NetWare 6.5 to GW 2012.2 on
SLES 11.3. Single PO system, with only 65 users.
We have been experiencing 10 second hangs/delays the first time any GW
address book functions are accessed. Some users are on the GW 2012.0.2
client, others are still on the GW 8.0.3 client, all experiencing the 10
second delay issue. We did not experience this before the migration to
GW 2012.
Testing indicates that the issue is due to shared address books.
The 10 second delay always occurs the *first* time we access an address
book function after starting the GroupWise client. For example, once
the GroupWise client is newly started, if I open the address book, it
takes 10 seconds to open. If I then create a new mail or appointment,
while adding recipients to an e-mail, selecting a new addressbook from
the address selector drop-down menu takes almost 10 seconds for the
drop-down menu to respond to first being clicked on.
Once I've accessed an address book function, though, accessing that
function is much quicker on successive uses. But it does take doing
each of those things once (suffering through the 10 hang) before they
speed up. If a user makes the mistake of closing GroupWise, I'm back to
square one with the first use of each of those address book functions
being slow again.
*BUT*, if I delete all address books that have been shared with me,
there is no 10 second delay, even after restarting the GroupWise client.
No slow access to any address book feature on first use.
Unfortunately, we use shared address books very heavily, so deleting
them for all of my users is not a solution.
Besides running PO/user maintenance, I've looked at possible
communications or DNS issues with no luck.
Any ideas what's going on or how to fix it?
Thanks,
-Greg
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Originally Posted by gtn
We have been experiencing 10 second hangs/delays the first time any GW
address book functions are accessed. Some users are on the GW 2012.0.2
client, others are still on the GW 8.0.3 client, all experiencing the 10
second delay issue. We did not experience this before the migration to
GW 2012.
Testing indicates that the issue is due to shared address books.
We have been dealing with this same if not similar sounding issue, opened a SR, and engineering is looking into it. For us it also impacts message compose ( address completeion ) as well as opening mail. We have yet to identify a workaround. What we see is "roughly" a 3 second delay per shared address book, occuring intermittently after a period of the client being idle. We also see on the POA that periodically the client will login to these shared accounts, but instead of those logins happening quickly ( sub 1 second for all of them combined ).
This is not a constant problem for all users with the 2012 client, and seems to run in fits for a given user. We see it, perhaps 1 -3 times a day for a given user.
If you enable Verbose logging on the POA ( via the HTTP console ) and look for the IP address of the workstation with the problems, you should see a pattern of logins as follows:
Code:
1204poa.028:18:41:32 F059 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Kxxxxr :: 192.168.1.110
1204poa.028:18:41:35 F059 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Sxxxxk :: 192.168.1.110
1204poa.028:18:41:38 F059 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Exxxxr :: 192.168.1.110
1204poa.028:18:41:41 F061 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Sxxxxk :: 192.168.1.110
1204poa.028:18:41:44 F051 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Kxxxxr :: 192.168.1.110
1204poa.028:18:41:47 F061 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Dxxxxr :: 192.168.1.110
1204poa.028:18:41:50 F061 C/S Login Windows ::GW Id=Kxxxxr :: 192.168.1.110
( Using something like grep -i "GW Id" 1204poa.??? | grep -i "Login Windows" | grep x.x.x.x <== IP of the workstation when in /var/log/no*/gr*/POA_Log_Folder )
Note the 3 second delay between each of the shared account logins. This typifies the problem we are seeing. Under normal circumstances you would see these all happening with the same time stamp. Perhaps you can confirm this is the same looking issue.
I'll keep you apprised of our progress.
-- Bob

Adding address to email address book

Is there a way to add email addresses:
1. From a previous address book in another mail program (Netscape)?
2. Without having to actually send an email to someone...or receive an email from them?
When I enter a name/email address into the BCC field, the recipients in the BCC field don't appear on _my own_ sent emails, so I can't add that email address to my address book because I can't SEE it! Mail is very limited in that respect. You apparently have to enter their email address in the TO or CC fields, and not in the BCC field, to be able to click on them and add them to your address book.
Is there _any other way_ to add them to my address book when the email I sent them has them listed in the BCC field? I don't want to list a bunch of people in CC or TO fields just so they will appear on the sent email for me to be able to click on their email address to add them to my address book. That's why I use the BCC field for a list of recipients. It's MY email anyway. Why can't I see them in the BCC field on _my own_ sent emails? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks!
MacPat292

You need to understand that Address Book is a separate application; in Mail you can view and use the information maintained by the AB app. If you have an email address that you need to type in and will want to re-use, open AB and click the + at the bottom of the columns of names; you will get a blank contact card on which to type in details. If now in Mail you start a new message and start typing the new email or name the auto-fill feature will pull it from AB. From AB, if you click the label beside someone's email address the popup menu will include the option of sending them an email. Alternatively drag the icon for the contact card and drop it on the Mail icon in the dock. Or use the address book viewing features in Mail - you are spoilt for choice.
As for Netscape, if there is any sort of address book export facility it should be possible to do an import into OS X Address Book. Best is if Netscape supports the vCard format.
AK

Need different Address Book

I want to create a separate Address Book with folders that will allow me to keep track of hotels, taxi companies etc around the world. Don't want it mixed up with my regular address book. Does anyone know of a good program or whether you can create two distinct Address Books?
Thanks

Just curious why you don't want to use a group list(s) within the one Address Book. Also seems it would present a problem to Mail (if you use it) b/c it is tied to Address Book. Maybe not, maybe it would search both copies, if you can do such a thing.
There is a Mail forum under each OS. Go to Leopard OS forum, Refine list, and go to Mail. Maybe they can help.

IPad Address Book (Contacts.app) crash on launch

my iPad address book (Contacts.app) crashes on launch
this problem also affects me when trying to send emails: the email app works fine for reading emails, but as soon as I write a new email and go to the "To" or "cc" or "bcc" boxes to input a recipient address, mail crashes, presumably because the Address book is being accessed at this stage.
I can see that the above can be an Address book (Contacts.app) problem.
Am running pre iOS 4.2 version of the iOS (likely the most up to date pre recent update), i.e. I don't have folders or multi-tasking yet.

OK FIRST , DID U SET UP THE EMAIL CAL AND CONTACTS CORRECTLY? AS FOR IT CRASHING IT SHOULDNT EVEN IF IT IS BLANK! NOW FOR THE PART ABOUT EMAIL NOT WORKING......I RECOMMEND U JUST RESTORE IT AND "YES" begin as a new device!!!! I HAD SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT MINE WAS : backup successful, restore successful, update to 4.2 successful, sync of backup back to iPad successful, ha ha then when I turn iPad on BLANK!!!!! OH THE CAPACITY BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COMPUTER SCREEN IN ITUNES WAS 10.7 gb of music 9.2 of movies, and 5.7 gb of games..... WELL IPAD WAS EMPTY!
Sync 3 times same result..... RESTORED IT AND SYNCED BACKUP DATA AGAIN, still nothing! SO I RESTORED AND STARTED NEW! PERFECT?!
So I had to select the apps and other media that I wanted to put back on it! AND YES I LOST ALL THE PHOTOS (maybe I haven't found it on pc, so for now I assume lost) but PRIOR TO UPDATE I EMAILED ALL MY NOTES TO MYSELF SO THEY WERE JUST A COPY AND PASTE BACK TO MY NOTES APP ON THE IPAD!
Same with photos! Yeah tedious but I like to SEE INFO SAVED prior to any apple updates! So yeah there is something wrong with the sync portion of the update! So I suggest u just swallow loss and forget the data! AS FOR CONTACTS: just hop on computer and email a GROUP EMAIL OF CONTACTS TO IPAD THEN SET UP EMAIL ON IPAD AND THEN GO TO THAT EMAIL AND ADD THEM TO CONTACTS MANUALLY (or u can use your email server and sync via iTunes (see last tab on the iTunes menu for your device and there u can choose to sync calendars too)

Address Book empty, not allowing imports

Following upgrade to Lion my desktop address book is empty. Big problem, because this is the one used by mail and for other purposes. The address book is successfully populated in iCloud and on my iPhone, it's just the desktop address book that is empty.
I exported all the address cards from iCloud to desktop, then double-clicked to open them in address book. Nothing happened.
Would like to populate the address book via import, but that option is grayed-out on the address book drop-down menu. Pressing option-O (the import shortcut) achieves nothing.
In systems settings > iCloud, "Contacts" is checked - so what appears in iCloud and iPhone should be appearing on my desktop.
I have no idea why my desktop address book is empty, or why it is refusing imports. Any ideas?

EDIT: Read next post first.
Create a new User go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > "+" (make it an admin acct) and test the appin this new account, if it works the problem is isolated to your User and not systemwide.
If you reinstall and migrate back your Users you'll be in the same place if the issue is isolated to your User.
If the issue is limited to your user account try starting up in Safe Mode (It will take more time to startup because it runs a directory check.)
If AB functions correctly that way, go to System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login Items and remove them.

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