RE: [WinMac] Re: E-Mail System Research

Ethan C. Banks(ebanks[at]pcci.edu)
Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:52:39 -0500

Phillip, my concern with using LDAP as a directory is that we haven't found
a client/server combination that creates an address book automagically for
the user. There are several applications that offer a slick interface to
LDAP, but I haven't run across anything that uses LDAP in the background to
keep a more or less "centralized" address book that the user doesn't have to
worry about.

When our users compose an e-mail message, they want to pick recipients from
a list, as opposed to the typical "query for the one you want & then add
them to your local address book scheme" that seems prevalent at this time.
If you are aware of an standards-based address book that works via LDAP (or
possibly ACAP?) that allows the user to remain uninvolved in the cognitive
process, I would indeed like to explore that avenue.

I have the same concerns about proprietary solutions such as Exchange that
you mentioned, so if you have further comments that would propel me in the
standards-based direction, let me know. Thanks for sharing your time.

________________________________________________
Ethan C. Banks - Network Engineer
Pensacola Christian College & Related Ministries

> To get a central directory, you can implement an LDAP directory.

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