LDAP Settings For Personally Owned Machines
LDAP Settings will allow you to populate your email client of choice with the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Address book. This is not automatically configured on mail clients such as Thunderbird or MacMail but can be enabled by following the steps listed below.
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General Settings
Hostname/Server Address: ldap.gac.edu
Base DN/Search Base: ou=people, dc=gac, dc=edu
Port Number: 389
Specifics for MacMail (Mavericks and Yosemite Users)
- Open System Preferences
- Click on Internet Accounts
- Click the '+' symbol in the lower left hand corner
- Click 'Add Other Account'
- Choose Add an LDAP Account
- Put in information listed above
Specifics for MacMail (Non-Mavericks Users)
- Open Mail
- Choose Preferences from the Mail menu
- Click composing in the toolbar
- Be sure that the checkbox is selected for "Lookup addresses in network directories"
- Click Edit Server List
- Click Add Server
- Put in information listed above
Specifics For Mac Users Using Thunderbird
- Open Thunderbird
- Choose Preferences from the Thunderbird menu
- Click on Addressing
- Click the box next to Directory Server and then choose Edit Directories
- Click 'Add'
- Put in Information listed above and click Okay
- From the drop down menu next to Edit Directories choose the new LDAP account
Specifics for PC Users Using Thunderbird
- Go to Tools --> Account Settings.
- In options, click on composition and addressing.
- Click on use a different LDAP server and click edit directories.
- There you will need to click "add" and put in the settings displayed in the picture.
- Also go to Tools --> Options and under the Composition tab check the Directory Server: box and select ldap.gac.edu