Re: [Evolution] Evolution & LDAP

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> 
> A few of us have settled on Evolution for a number of reasons but are
> tripping over the LDAP set up.  We use the exact same settings to
> create the contact list that the Thunderbird crowd uses but when we
> select the "LDAP Addresses" (my name) item under "On LDAP Servers"
> nothing shows up in the list.  I was initially prompted for my
> password, which it took. 

ISTR nothing will show until you search for something - type 3
characters at least into the search box and see if things turn up.  I
think this "feature" is to protect those people who connect to LDAP
servers with 40,000 entries in them!


> 
> A tech at Kerio said that the reason it will not work in Evolution was
> because "Evolution requires anonymous access to LDAP, which Kerio does
> not allow"  but this doesn't make sense to me. 

You can bind anonymously if you want, but it's not necessary.

P.