Setting up a CardDAV account on an Android device

The CardDAV-Sync free beta app is the only CardDAV Android app that is supported for Web Mail Cloud. Other Android CardDAV apps might work but are not currently supported.

Procedure

  1. Install the CardDAV-Sync free beta app on your Android device and start it. Information about this app is available at http://dmfs.org/carddav/.
  2. Select Create new account.
  3. Enter the following information:
    1. Server name or URL:carddav-ussl.mail.na.collabserv.com
    2. Select Use SSL.
    3. User name Your Web Mail Cloud email address For example, ibm@mail.na.collabserv.com
    4. Password Your password
  4. Select Next.
  5. Enter an Account Name.
  6. Remove the check from the Sync from server to phone only check box.

What to do next

To set up an automatic synchronization interval:
  1. Click Go to accounts & sync.
  2. Select the account for which you want to set the synchronization interval and click Edit account settings.
  3. Click Sync Interval, Select any interval from 30 minutes to 4 weeks.
Note: When you add a contact on your Android device, Web Mail Cloud supports the following fields and field lengths. If you exceed the supported field lengths, the additional characters are not displayed in your Web Mail Cloud contact information. If you exceed the total character limit of 250 characters, the new contact information is not synchronized with Web Mail Cloud.
  • Surname: 50 characters. Given Name data is lost if this limit is exceeded.
  • Given Name: 50 characters
  • Phone: 50 characters
  • Email: 50 characters
  • Address: 50 characters