On 11/29/00 12:10 PM, in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Gervase
Markham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Because a year ago there was a new directory option in the address book, it
>> just wasn't functional. This said to me, and quite a few people..."It's
>> going to be in there, it just isn't done yet." Now, you are telling me that
>> it was *never* going to be in there. So what was that, a smoke screen?
>
> Probably someone using the NS 4.x menus as a model when we did the testing
> skin.
Well, whomever that someone is, they should buy y'all *monstrous* amounts of
beer. That one entry is *why* no one screamed bloody murder a long time ago,
when getting it in would have been possible and easier. We would see that
entry and say, "Oh, no worries, it's gonna be in there." Ah, ignorance is
painful.
>
>> Oh I'd LOVE to check out your IS - types and ask them how perfectly that is.
>> Also, are you using finger to do address lookups? How do you find out
>> someone's email address. It may not be LDAP, but there's got to be SOMETHING
>> there...
>
> It's firstname.lastname@<college>.ox.ac.uk. And there's an email search
> facility for those tiny minority who are known by different names to their
> official ones (e.g. called by their middle name.) or if you don't know
> their college or unit.
>
> There is something there, and it's not LDAP. It couldn't be LDAP, because
> this would remove freedom of choice in mail client.
Well, then it's rather analogous to LDAP. The point is, there is something.
But here's a question...what if you told all the users that with LDAP, they
could just start typing an email address, and the application would look
through the college listings, and try to help them out by finishing it for
them?
Bet you 'd have a lot of takers, or more people bitching that Netscape needs
to pull it's head out on this. Also, there are a LOT of LDAP enabled email
clients...all the ones worth mentioning are.
john
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