Re: [evolution-patches] Re-sent: Patch for 318227: Change LDAP search filter [mail/addressbook]

[Chris Toshok <toshok ximian com>]

Not really..  what happens when you autocomplete against them?  The
point is just adding (mail=*) to the query doesn't fix the actual
problem, which is that evo doesn't deal with mailing lists on ldap
servers.

On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:40 -0700, Carsten Guenther wrote:
> With my patch they would show up in addressbook searches. Only the lists 
> email address will be displayed though, no membership information, but 
> that is fine.
> 
> Chris Toshok wrote:
> > are mailing lists from ldap reflected as contact lists in the UI.  Seems
> > like you'd want that as well.
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:12 -0700, Carsten Guenther wrote:
> >   
> >> Can I commit this?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Attached patch fixes 318227. The LDAP search filter used was limited to
> >> entries with objectclass "person" which prevented searching for
> >> mailing-lists, a problem many people have. The patch changes the search
> >> filter such that it looks for everything that has the attribute "mail"
> >> set ("mail=*"). That's basically what Thunderbird and other clients do
> >> as well.
> >>
> >> I think bug 311884 still is valid but can be fixed t a later point.
> >>
> >> Please review for commit to gnome-2-12 and head.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Carsten
> >>
> >>
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