[sllug-members]: email/pim wanted

[Robert Lewis]

Dave Smith wrote:
> Robert Lewis wrote:
>> Thunderbird cannot do this.
>>   
>
> Thunderbird *can* do this if you create an LDAP directory that
> Thunderbird can use.
>
> LDAP is hierarchical. Your example directory would look like this:
>
> dc=example,dc=org
>    ou=People
>        ou=Friends
>            cn=Joe Friendly
>            cn=Bob Neighbor
>        ou=Family
>            cn=Bob Barker
>            cn=Jack Bauer
>        ou=League
>            ou=Vendors
>                cn=Hotdogs Unlimited
>                cn=Snow Cones R Us
>            ou=Teams
>                cn=Cardinals
>                    ou=Coaches
>                        cn=Bob Smith
>                        cn=Joe Johnson
>                    ou=Players
>                        cn=Freddy Fredrickson
>                        cn=Dave Johnson
>                        ...
>
> By doing a search on ou=People,dc=example,dc=org, you can find
> *everyone* in the directory. But if you just search under
> cn=Cardinals,ou=Teams,ou=League,ou=People,dc=example,dc=org, you will
> get coaches and players for the Cardinals team.
>
> In LDAP, you do can create references (like sym-links), where you can
> put references to people in different containers. phpLDAPadmin can do
> all of this for you in a more-or-less easy web interface. I recommend
> the latest stable OpenLDAP (2.3.something) with the bdb (Berkeley DB)
> backend.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --Dave
> _
Thanks Dave.  I'll give this some thought.