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Appendix A - Using Web Browsers to Search LDAP

Recent releases of popular web browser software support searching LDAP databases to find email addressees. The following sections provide procedures for using browsers from Microsoft and Netscape to find addresses to use to send electronic mail.

Search for Email Addresses

LDAP for StreetTalk supports the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), meaning you can use certain browser's mail clients, as well as any LDAP-enabled address books, to search LDAP for StreetTalk for email addresses, and add these email addresses to an address book. Users behind corporate firewalls may be restricted from using this protocol.

Examples of browsers you can use with LDAP for StreetTalk version 3 include:

Netscape Communicator 4.0
Internet Explorer 4.0 mail client (Outlook Express)

Netscape Communicator 4.0

1. With the browser open, select Edit, Preferences.

2. Select Mail & Groups from the Category window and click the +.

3. Double-click Directory.

4. Click New.

5. Fill in these three fields:

Description -- Fill in an appropriate description.
LDAP Server -- Enter your server name and domain, for example, servername.domain.com.
Search root -- Enter the directory suffix you entered when you configured the LDAP for StreetTalk service.

6. Click OK.

1. With the browser open, select Communicator, Address Book.

2. Enter the name you are looking for.

3. From the scroll-down list of directories, select your LDAP directory.

4. Click Search. A list of users appears (Figure A-1). You can click on the icon in the left column to get details.

Figure A-1. Netscape Search Results

Internet Explorer 4.0 with Outlook Express

1. Click Mail on the Standard Button toolbar.

2. Select New Message. The New Message dialog box appears.

3. Select Tools, Address Book. The Address Book dialog box appears.

4. Select Tools, Accounts. The Internet Accounts dialog box appears with the Directory Service tab showing a list of the configured accounts for searching for an address.

5. Click Add. The Internet Connection Wizard starts. Follow the directions on the screen to add a new account to the configured accounts list.

6. Click OK.

7. Click OK again.

1. From the Address Book dialog box, click Find.

2. From the Look in list, Select the new account you added through the connection wizard.

3. Enter either a last name, or first and last name in the name field, and click Find Now.

LDAP returns a list of matching entries. Double-click any entry to get detailed information about that entry.

4. Use the information from the list to address electronic mail messages.

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