LDAP: Shared Addressbooks on a Network

The LDAP protocol was created to let users share contact information over a network by sharing access to a central address book. LDAP allows a company to maintain a shared set of contact information for a company or department. Many companies keep a common LDAP address book for all their employees or for client contacts.

To learn how to add a remote directory to your available contact folders, see the Section called Managing the Addressbook in Chapter 10. Once you have a LDAP connection, the network contacts folder or folders will appear inside the External Directories folder in the folder bar. It will work exactly like a local folder of cards, with the following exceptions:

Configuring Evolution to use LDAP

For information about setting up Evolution to use LDAP, please refer to the Section called Adding Directory Servers in Chapter 10>