About LDAP Data

IMail Server provides an LDAP database by extending the IMail user database to include standard LDAP attributes (such as name, address, organization name, and phone number) and any other attributes that a site defines.

Each user with an account on the IMail Server has an LDAP entry. When a user is added to the IMail user database an LDAP entry is defined with the following attributes:

Basic User Attributes

ObjectClass

The type of entry. The value would be "inetOrgPerson".

CN CommonName

The full name of the user.

Mail

The IMail Server e-mail address for the user. This is constructed from the user ID and the host name.

UID

The IMail Server user ID.

Surname

The surname or last name of the user.

When a user receives mail on the IMail Server system, his/her LDAP entry is activated.

Using an LDAP enabled client , the user can add, delete, and modify information in his or her own LDAP entry. A user cannot modify another user's entry. The following table describes several additional attributes that the user can add (by using an LDAP client that supports the Modify function):

Optional  User Attributes

Organization

The user's company.

OU

The department within the company or organizational unit.

Street

The user's street address.

L

The user's city or locality.

ST

The user's state or province.

C

The user's country.

telephoneNumber

The user's telephone number.

These are the most common attributes used in the LDAP entry. The system administrator or the user can define other attributes.

Caution: The Init LDAP button initializes the LDAP database created for all e-mail domains by the LDAP server. Do not click Initialize LDAP unless you want to overwrite the database with the user IDs only that are stored in the Windows registry. First try synchronizing the LDAP database to resolve any problems.

If the Open LDAP server is not running, you are asked whether you want to start it. Initializing LDAP deletes all user changes to the attribute values and adds all users back to the LDAP server in the default state.