Re: ****Re: openldap + kmail

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 14:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 22:19 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 23:49 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 20:45 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > > If there had been a single example given in this case > > > > > it would have been obvious what the program was looking for. > > > > > One example is worth a thousand words. > > > > ---- > > > > the issue with kaddressbook is the same issue with all ldap > > > > clients...once you understand how ldap works, setting up a client like > > > > kaddressbook is no big deal. Basically, everything is a client to LDAP > > > > whether it's postfix/sendmail/cyrus/kaddressbook/evolution/etc. There > > > > really is no functional difference because they all use LDAP protocol > > > > to > > > > access and get what they need. > > > > > > > > What you are calling a lack of documentation suggests that you expect > > > > all the various LDAP client programs to tell you how LDAP works. > > > > > > It's not unreasonable to ask for an example. The average user has zero > > > interest in finding out how LDAP works, and a lot of interest in getting > > > his contacts working. > > ---- > > Yes - it actually is unreasonable since there is no standard way of > > setting up LDAP address books. > > > > Since we seem to keep having this discussion...let me restate so we are > > clear. > > > > There simply is no standard for LDAP address books. > > > > There simply is no standard way to set anything up in LDAP...it's an > > erector set. > > I understand that perfectly well. However the question was not "how do I > set up a general-purpose address book" but "how do I set up an > address-book that Kmail will accept" and my suggestion of an example was > also specific to Kmail. Clearly the OP solved the problem by setting up > his address book in a certain way. Why can't what way be documented as > an example in the Kmail documentation (*not* the LDAP documentation)? ---- What is the difference between a 'general-purpose address book' and a 'specific-purpose Kmail address book' that uses an LDAP backend? I would submit that there is no difference but that they are one and the same.