Ok, I have updated the page. Can you reload it and tell me if the explaination is ok ? (you can even fix the bad english I have used :)
Emmanuel On 9/13/07, Anders Bergquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suggest that you add a comment in the text above the picture and > maybe edit the picture and draw a red / green circle around the "H". > Otherwise the tutorial is very easy to follow. > I on the other hand, have never used LDAP until yesterday. Installing > Apache Directory + Studio was very easy and also doing the fast > configuration and the tutorials about them are very easy to follow. > > > > Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: > > 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
