ICal can't see my Address Book card...

When I try to set an email alert to myself iCal tells me:
You must add your own card and email address in Address Book to be able to use mail alarms.
I have an Address Book card with my name on it and my email address. Is there some "offical" designation I need to set for it so that my Mac knows it's my card? Or is there an iCal setting that designates it as such?

I had the same issue. My iCal, Address Book and Mail all worked happily together until I migrated to a new MacBook Pro. Everything was working well until I tried to send an invitation from iCal to other users and I got the same message you did. I was irritated because I DID have a card that was identified as "my" card. But here was the catch: I use Entourage as my preferred email client and use "Mail" only when iCal sends an invitation to an event. Once I set up "Mail" on the new computer, iCal recognized my card and sent the invitation.

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