OpenLDAP and Outlook 200*

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 14:56 -0700, Michael March wrote:
> I'm posting this question here because this was *rejected* by the
> OpenLDAP mailing list moderator. Arg!
> 
> Anyway.. here' the email they hated.. if any of you know the answer
> (or have a suggestion of where else I could post this..) please let me
> know.
> 
> -----------
> 
> Subj: MS Outlook: link or alias two attributes?
> 
> This email is basically a rehashing of this post:
> 
> http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-software/200407/msg00570.html
> 
> ... the summary is this.. every other sane email client (Thunderbird,
> Mail.app, Outlook Express) uses the 'o' attribute for the company name
> but Outlook 2003 and 2007 seem to use the 'company' attribute.
> 
> What is the best way to fix this issue.. client or server side..
> without totally sacking Outlook 200*?
----
without getting into my feelings about Outlook...

Yes, openldap-software list is heavily moderated by Kurt and must be
specific questions about OpenLDAP software itself, not integration.
Their 'technical' list however, is open.
http://www.openldap.org/lists/mm/listinfo/openldap-technical

Also, traditionally, the ldap-umich list is used for integration
questions (sorry, cannot provide URL but find listserv mich.edu)

Outlook is wired to support Microsoft's AD vision and just like their
support for imap sucks, you get lousy support for DSA's other than those
created for Exchange/AD. Big surprise.

Microsoft deliberately cripples the behavior of Outlook because they
don't want to provide the free client that people uses with other
servers.

OK - I guess I sort of did get into my feelings about Outlook - my bad.

For what it's worth, this is a rather ancient link on creating hybrid
support for Outlook/Netscape...
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialLDAP-GILSchemaExtension.html

Undoubtedly, many things have changed but it's a clue...but the stout
recommendation is just to ditch Outlook and you won't be repairing
damaged PST's down the line.

Craig