****Re: openldap + kmail

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 22:19 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 23:49 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 20:45 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > > > If there had been a single example given in this case
> > > > it would have been obvious what the program was looking for.
> > > > One example is worth a thousand words.
> > > ----
> > > the issue with kaddressbook is the same issue with all ldap
> > > clients...once you understand how ldap works, setting up a client like
> > > kaddressbook is no big deal. Basically, everything is a client to LDAP
> > > whether it's postfix/sendmail/cyrus/kaddressbook/evolution/etc. There
> > > really is no functional difference because they all use LDAP protocol
> > > to
> > > access and get what they need.
> > > 
> > > What you are calling a lack of documentation suggests that you expect
> > > all the various LDAP client programs to tell you how LDAP works.
> > 
> > It's not unreasonable to ask for an example. The average user has zero
> > interest in finding out how LDAP works, and a lot of interest in getting
> > his contacts working.
> ----
> Yes - it actually is unreasonable since there is no standard way of
> setting up LDAP address books. 
> 
> Since we seem to keep having this discussion...let me restate so we are
> clear.
> 
> There simply is no standard for LDAP address books.
> 
> There simply is no standard way to set anything up in LDAP...it's an
> erector set.

I understand that perfectly well. However the question was not "how do I
set up a general-purpose address book" but "how do I set up an
address-book that Kmail will accept" and my suggestion of an example was
also specific to Kmail. Clearly the OP solved the problem by setting up
his address book in a certain way. Why can't what way be documented as
an example in the Kmail documentation (*not* the LDAP documentation)?

poc