Hi Anders, Ben, do you think we should update our site to warn our users about this little subtility ? I really want to have the best possible tutorial for such usage.
Just let me know, and if you want to propose some modification to the current tutorial, I will obviously inject them on the site. Thanks a lot ! On 9/13/07, Anders Bergquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are correct Ben. > > If you look at the tutorial closely you can see the letter "H" typed in > the top right corner. Typing a char into that field worked for me, I do > get the list of contacts starting with the letter "A" when I type "A". > This means that everything is working as it is defined to do. > > My actual goal is to have a synchronized mailbox and address book in > Thunderbird. The email is now using IMAP and I found an address book > synchronizer addon which might solve the book problem. > But it would be nice if thunderbird would have some sort of cache > function for the ldap stuff but I guess that is a question for an > entirely different mailing list :) > > Regards Anders > > Ben Madsen wrote: > > Just to rule out a basic possibility... Thunderbird doesn't, by > > default, query an LDAP server unless you start typing something in the > > search box. Can you type something in the search box and see if it > > finds anything? It could take a couple of characters, I can't > > remember what the fewest is, but I definitely remember Thunderbird > > having this design. I guess the thinking is that it shouldn't > > auto-search an LDAP server because the LDAP addressbook could contain > > thousands of addresses, overwhelming the client in both bandwidth and > > sheer volume of unnecessary information. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > -Ben > > > > Benjamin Madsen > > Systems Architect > > ECbridges, Inc. > > > > Email: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Office: > > (925) 771-5535 > > IM (Jabber <http://www.jabber.org/>): > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Status] > > > > > > Anders Bergquist wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I just installed Apache Directory Service , (both server and client). > >> I then followed the instructions in > >> http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/1.0/41-mozilla-thunderbird.html > >> > >> Pressing "Download now" under "Offline" in the LDAP dialog, I get > >> "Replication succeeded". > >> > >> Auto completion works fine when typing in an address in the "to:" > >> field of a new email. > >> > >> However, address book is empty. No contacts are visible even though > >> they can be auto completed. > >> > >> I use Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 and ADS 1.0.2 > >> > >> Anyone else have this problem? > >> > >> Regards Anders > > > > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
