Mail.app AddressBook and CardDav Accounts

Mail.app has "add to address book" function and "create new contact" When I select an email address from the subject of the message, I get "Add to Address Book" when I click the arrow. This contact shows up in the proper location (CardDAV server)
"create new contact, an option activated by selecting contact info from within the body of an email adds the new contact info to "On My Mac"
My "Default" location for new contacts(set in AB) is my network account (CardDAV, OSX Server v10.6.5) but they are still added to the "On My Mac" section.
Applications such as Billings (MarketCircle) will only access the "on my mac" section of address book. Such a headache. I have an employee waiting to add contacts into our system, and this is a MAJOR pain.
Help!

Hello,
Are you saying that in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Account Information, all the accounts are listed? If so, read on, but if not post further info.
Do you know all the info needed to set the accounts up again, if needed? Then Quit Mail, and then in the Finder open Home/Library/Preferences and locate the file named com.apple.mail.plist and drag it out to the Desktop. Relaunch Mail, and it should open as though New, but DECLINE when prompted to import anything, but instead simply set the accounts back up, and Mail should rediscover the existing account folders.
For safety, before doing this, open Home/Library and find the Mail folder, Duplicate it, and drag the resulting copy to the Desktop for temporary backup.
Ernie

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