LDAP queries

Address information from LDAP servers can be imported into KAddressBook's local addressbook by using the LDAP search dialog.

To configure (a number of) LDAP servers, use the configuration dialog.

On the main toolbar in KAddressBook a button with a picture of a magnifying glass over a book is available: use this button to open the LDAP search dialog. The dialog itself is pretty straight forward; just type in parts of a name, email address or phone number and press the Search button.

When the results display in the listbox it is possible to select one or more address(es); you can then use the Add Selected to import the selected address(es) to the local addressbook, or click the Send email to Contact to invoke a mail program to write an email to the selected recipients.

The Recursive search checkbox is enabled by default; this will make the LDAP query consider all objects below the base DN of each server. If you only want to consider objects one level below the base uncheck this checkbox; if in doubt, leave it checked.