****Re: openldap + kmail

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

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.

poc