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By means of the LDAP protocol, Evolution can access public address books, such as those used by SuSE Linux Openexchange Server or Microsoft Exchange. Evolution offers full access to these address books — it can read them and add new entries. Accordingly, if you use SuSE Linux in a large network (e.g., in your company), do not hesitate to make use of this possibility.
Some specific information about your network is required for configuring LDAP access. Obtain this information from the responsible system administrator.
To configure access to an LDAP server from your workstation, select -> -> . All previously configured LDAP accesses are listed in the overview. Click to add a new LDAP access. A configuration assistant starts, helping configure the LDAP access in a few steps. Exit the welcome screen of the assistant with and specify the following settings in the dialogs:
Enter the server name and the login method for the LDAP server. The default method is anonymous access.
Enter the port number and the security protocols (SSL or TLS) to use.
Enter the search base, the search range, the search duration, and, possibly, a limitation of the displayed hits.
In this last step, enter the name under which the selected server should appear in the list. Close the assistant with and .
Upon completion of the configuration, the new LDAP server appears in your contact list under and can be browsed for any entries.
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