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

[Chris Toshok <toshok ximian com>]

Meaning that when sent the mail doesn't go to all the members of the
ldap mailing list.  Or does it?

On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 12:53 -0700, Carsten Guenther wrote:
> What do you mean? Changing the search filter to "(mail=*)" allows me
> to search and autocomplete mailing-lists. Autocompletion was the main
> problem for us.
> 
> Chris Toshok wrote: 
> > 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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