Setting Up an LDAP Directory Service in Your E-mail Client

Setting Up an LDAP Directory Service in Your E-
mail Client
Normally when addressing a New Message in the GroupWise Client, as you begin to
type in the person's last name, GroupWise will automatically fill in the rest of the name.
Although not the same, similar behavior can be implemented into a third-party e-mail
client by setting up an LDAP Directory Service. The LDAP server at GVSU keeps an up
to date listing of all the users in the faculty and staff e-mail system (GroupWise). After
setting up this service in your e-mail client, it will have the ability to check the server,
search for a name, then return the e-mail address for that name. Here are instructions
for setting up an LDAP Directory Service in several different e-mail clients.
Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Entourage 2001
1. Make sure that the program is already setup to access your e-mail account.
2. In the main Outlook Express window, go to Tools -> Accounts.
3. Click on the Directory Service tab.
4. Click the Add button and choose Directory Service.
5. Enter ldap.gvsu.edu in the LDAP directory (LDAP) server: box, then click Next.
6. Click Yes for the Do you want to check addresses using this directory service
question, then click Next.
7. Click Finish.
8. Click on the name of the directory service we just setup, (ldap.gvsu.edu) then
click Properties.
9. Click on the Advanced tab.
10. Enter ou=GVSU (without quotes) in the Search Base field. Click OK then Close.
11. To test the LDAP service, start a new message. Click on the To: button in the
new message. Click the Find button. In the Find People box, make sure that
ldap.gvsu.edu is entered in the Look in: drop box. Then, type in a name (or
partial name) in the Name: field and click Find Now. If there is a GVSU entry for
that name, a new window will open where you can add the person to your
address book or fill in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields. Then close the open dialog
boxes and your message will be properly addressed.
12. If Find gives an error message saying No names found, go back through and
double check all the of the settings above.
Netscape Communicator
1. Make sure that the program is already setup to access your e-mail account.
2. Open the Netscape Address book by clicking the small address book icon in the
lower right corner of the main Netscape window.
3. Click on File -> New Directory.
4. For the Description: field, enter something like GVSU LDAP.
5. For the LDAP Server: field, enter ldap.gvsu.edu

6. For the Search Root: field, enter ou=GVSU
7. Click on OK then close the address book.
8. In the main Netscape windows, go to Edit -> Preferences.
9. On the left is a small tree of preferences. Click on the plus next to the Mail &
Newsgroups, then click on Addressing.
10. On the right, uncheck Address Book, check Directory Server, and make sure
GVSU LDAP is entered in the drop box.
11. To test the new settings, open Netscape Messenger and start a new message.
Begin typing a last name in. As you type it, Netscape should automatically fill in
the name just as GroupWise would.
12. If it isn't working, go back through and double check all of the settings above.