Greetings everyone-
I'm just getting started with my first implementation of a global LDAP rollout, so I'm working through some issues.
Background: Running windows 2000 active directory, outlook 2003, connecting via domain authenticated user to port 3286. I click the "TO" button and see the entire list of everyone who has an email address. In Tools > Address Book > Options, I have the LDAP directory listed as "show this address list first" and also the first in the list of "when sending mail, check names using these address lists in the following order"
Current Situation:
I have several hundred contacts in my standard outlook address book (.pst file). I create a new email. In the "To:" box, I type part of the first name, and part of the second name. For example, if I'm emailing Jack Smith.... I would type in "ja sm" and outlook will either complete the entire name (if there is only one entry starting with first name ja* last name sm*), OR - given multiple entries, will let me right-click and select from the list. This is great functionality, kudos to MS.
Problem:
If the contact exists only in my LDAP directory, and not yet in my local address book, it will only accept left-to-right queries. that is, I can't type part of the first name then part of the last name. I have to type only the leading characters. In the example above, to get jack smith i'd have to type either "j" or "ja" or "jack sm" but never "jac sm" or "j smith".
Annoyance #2:
As I'm typing "jack sm", if I've never sent an email to this person, outlook won't resolve the address until I click "check names". with any address that's in my local contact list, it will automatically check the name once I tab off the field or put in a semicolon. That's the annoying part.
Problem #2:
Similar to the annoyance, let's say I have two co-workers: Aaron Boone, and Aaron Bonds. I have Aaron Bonds in my local contact list, and both entries appear in the LDAP directory. I have never sent an email to either person. If I type "aaron bo" in the To: box and tab off, it will automatically fill with Aaron Bonds, because it found that in my local contact list. The mailer never bothered to check LDAP.
Has anyone figured out how to enable these functionalitys?
Thanks for the continued help!!
-ben
I'm just getting started with my first implementation of a global LDAP rollout, so I'm working through some issues.
Background: Running windows 2000 active directory, outlook 2003, connecting via domain authenticated user to port 3286. I click the "TO" button and see the entire list of everyone who has an email address. In Tools > Address Book > Options, I have the LDAP directory listed as "show this address list first" and also the first in the list of "when sending mail, check names using these address lists in the following order"
Current Situation:
I have several hundred contacts in my standard outlook address book (.pst file). I create a new email. In the "To:" box, I type part of the first name, and part of the second name. For example, if I'm emailing Jack Smith.... I would type in "ja sm" and outlook will either complete the entire name (if there is only one entry starting with first name ja* last name sm*), OR - given multiple entries, will let me right-click and select from the list. This is great functionality, kudos to MS.
Problem:
If the contact exists only in my LDAP directory, and not yet in my local address book, it will only accept left-to-right queries. that is, I can't type part of the first name then part of the last name. I have to type only the leading characters. In the example above, to get jack smith i'd have to type either "j" or "ja" or "jack sm" but never "jac sm" or "j smith".
Annoyance #2:
As I'm typing "jack sm", if I've never sent an email to this person, outlook won't resolve the address until I click "check names". with any address that's in my local contact list, it will automatically check the name once I tab off the field or put in a semicolon. That's the annoying part.
Problem #2:
Similar to the annoyance, let's say I have two co-workers: Aaron Boone, and Aaron Bonds. I have Aaron Bonds in my local contact list, and both entries appear in the LDAP directory. I have never sent an email to either person. If I type "aaron bo" in the To: box and tab off, it will automatically fill with Aaron Bonds, because it found that in my local contact list. The mailer never bothered to check LDAP.
Has anyone figured out how to enable these functionalitys?
Thanks for the continued help!!
-ben