Re: LDAP and e-mail

["Andy C. Brandt" <andy@uranos.eu.org>]

On Sun, Nov 01, 1998 at 02:30:46PM -0600, Mark Wilcox wrote:
> Exchange uses a module that allows you to access it's email address book
> from a LDAP client.

So - to mimic the Exchange's behavior to an Exchange client I need to
provide an LDAP server containing the central address book? But what about
the format of the entries? Using the "person" object class and "email" field
would be enough?

[...]
> I believe the latest Sendmail allows you to search against LDAP for email
> aliasing, so it can operate in a similar fashion to Exchange if you need to make
> it appear like Exchange to managment types. :) Except of course this will likely
> run faster and be much more available than your Exchange server. :)

Well, I don't have an Exchange server. In fact I have seen one twice in my
life, but I was asked if it's possible to obtain same functionality with a
Unix (Linux) based server. I know it's possible on the e-mail forwarding and
retrieving side (using any of fine Unix MDAs and some post office type
server like qpopper) but I want to know what else I have to provide to
clients to get what they are looking for. I heard from them that
addressbooks are important and so I came across LDAP.

What I need now is to know how to format the entries in the LDAP's server
database to get the clients to behave correctly (ie. expand and browse
addresses).

BTW - none of the Microsoft "gurus" I asked (people who have been trained at
special classes and operate large Exchange servers) knew what protocols
Exchange uses. They were talking some strange language instead.

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