Re: postalAddress and line separators

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Brandon Hume - OpenLDAP list wrote:
> I'm populating a list of departments in LDAP, including the postalAddress
> field.  Clients like Outlook and Eudora show the '$'s used to separate 
> 'lines', which the testing people seem to object to.

The syntax used is

http://www.alvestrand.no/objectid/1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.41.html

> It's been suggested I use embedded \r\n instead of $ to separate the
> lines.  Now, to me, this feels wrong.

Yes, it's wrong.

> However, trying it, it seems to work alright.

It might work in some LDAP clients though.

> What problems can I expect doing this?

Interoperability problems. You have to test your proprietary data with *all* 
possible LDAP clients. Since this is practically impossible it's good to 
stick to the standard.

Ciao, Michael.