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# Calendars and Contacts

> CalDAV and CardDAV for cPanel mailboxes. View configuration, share calendars, create new ones.

cPanel runs a CalDAV (calendars) and CardDAV (contacts) server on every account. Each mailbox gets a personal calendar and address book. You connect to them from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar (with helpers), Thunderbird, or any CalDAV/CardDAV-aware client.

Three cPanel pages handle different aspects of this:

| Page                                     | Use it for                                                        |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Calendars and Contacts **Configuration** | Look up the URLs and credentials your client needs to connect     |
| Calendars and Contacts **Sharing**       | Share a calendar or address book with another user on the account |
| Calendars and Contacts **Management**    | Create additional calendars or address books beyond the defaults  |

All three open from cPanel home → **Email**.

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## Configuration: connection details

Open **Calendars and Contacts Configuration**. The page shows the per-mailbox connection settings your client needs:

* **CalDAV URL** — for calendars
* **CardDAV URL** — for contacts
* **Username** — the full email address
* **Password** — the mailbox password

Most modern clients accept just the email address and password and auto-discover the URLs (via DNS SRV records or `/.well-known/caldav`). For clients that don't auto-discover, paste the full URL from this page.

### Connect from Apple Calendar (macOS, iOS)

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Internet Accounts settings">
    System Settings → Internet Accounts → Add Other Account → CalDAV Account.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick Manual">
    Account Type: **Manual**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter credentials">
    User Name: full email address. Password: mailbox password. Server Address: the CalDAV URL from the Configuration page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign In">
    Apple Calendar adds the account and starts syncing. Repeat with CardDAV for contacts.
  </Step>
</Steps>

### Connect from Thunderbird

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Calendar tab">
    Calendar tab in Thunderbird's main window.
  </Step>

  <Step title="New Calendar → On the Network">
    Pick CalDAV. Paste the CalDAV URL.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Authenticate">
    Thunderbird prompts for username (email address) and password.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Sharing: share with another user

Open **Calendars and Contacts Sharing** to give another mailbox on this account access to a calendar or address book.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick the source">
    Choose the mailbox that *owns* the calendar or address book.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the resource">
    Pick which calendar or address book to share.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the recipient">
    Choose the mailbox you're sharing *to*. Set the access level: read-only or read-write.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    The recipient can subscribe to the shared resource from their CalDAV/CardDAV client. It shows up alongside their own.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Sharing is one-way per direction. To share both ways (collaborative calendars), set up two shares — one each direction.

## Management: create more calendars or address books

By default, each mailbox has one calendar and one address book. To run multiple (e.g. a "Work" and "Personal" calendar on one mailbox), use **Calendars and Contacts Management**.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick the mailbox">
    Choose which mailbox the new resource belongs to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the type and name">
    Calendar or address book; give it a name (e.g. "Personal").
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create">
    The new resource appears alongside the default and is immediately available via the same CalDAV/CardDAV URL prefix as the default.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can also delete calendars or address books here if a mailbox owner no longer needs them.

## Tips

* **Auto-discovery beats manual URL pasting.** When it works. If you have a recent client and an unusual setup, manual URL is the fallback.
* **Calendar invitations work over standard email.** When you invite someone to an event from your calendar, they receive a normal `.ics` attachment regardless of whether they're on CalDAV. Compatible with Gmail, Outlook, etc.
* **Sharing is account-scoped.** You can share calendars between mailboxes on the same cPanel account, not across accounts. For cross-account sharing, send an `.ics` subscription URL.

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