LDAP server

VPOP3 supports the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) protocol. This is the equivalent of a searchable Internet telephone directory.

To make use of VPOP3's LDAP server then you need an email client which supports the LDAP protocol as well. Most modern email clients support LDAP.

The first thing you need to do to use LDAP from your email client is to tell your email client about the VPOP3 LDAP server. To do this you need to check the documentation for your email client (you will normally search for 'LDAP' or 'Directory Services'). Some common email clients are listed below:

• Microsoft Outlook Express.

• Netscape Messenger 4

• Microsoft Outlook 98

• Microsoft Outlook XP/2002

• Eudora 4,5,6

VPOP3's LDAP server knows about all the users listed in the Users page. By default it will know their 'Common Name' (userid), 'Organizational Unit Name' (group) and 'Mail' (email address) details, you can add more details for each user, by going to the User Address Book page for that user. This will let you specify more details for each user if you wish.

VPOP3's LDAP server also allows you to specify entries in a global email address book which can be used to hold company wide contacts.

Note 1: When you are using your email client to search VPOP3's LDAP server for users, if you use the single character '*' (asterisk) in any text or substring search, then VPOP3 will match all users, so you can use this to get a full user list.

Note 2: VPOP3 does not currently support the 'Sounds Like' search method in LDAP. Instead it will use the 'Equals' search method if you ask for a 'Sounds Like' comparison.