540623 - No autocomplete for To addresses when using LDAP

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Penelope Graveyard :: Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Dan Wilga]

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Despite having a working LDAP configuration (as verified by searches using Window->Address Book), names typed into To fields are not auto-completed using this server. I have also verified that this server is chosen in Composition and Addressing for the personality and server, as well as Preferences->Composition->Addressing.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Establish an LDAP-based directory using Window->Address Book.
2. Choose this as a global default in Preferences->Composition->Addressing.
3. Set a personality to use global defaults.
4. Compose a new message.
5. Type a portion of a username that is in the LDAp directory into the To field.
Actual Results:  
Autocompletion does not occur.

Expected Results:  
The LDAP server should be used for autocompletion.

Other, local, address book sources are scanned as expected during autocomplete. Only my LDAP server seems to be ignored.

Comment 1

[Matt Dudziak]

Unfortunately (well, fortunately) it works just fine for me. It is a bit slow in that it takes a second or 2 before addresses start populating from the LDAP server, but it works fine.

Sorry, not sure what to tell you here.

I'll leave this bug open for a while in case others see this problem.

Comment 2

[Dan Wilga]

I got it to work. This is an Active Directory server. In the Advanced tab, I had to change it to:

Scope: Subtree
Search filter: (objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(mail=*)
Login method: Simple

The important part was Subtree. Without it, the normal address book would work, but autocomplete would not. So perhaps there might still be a bug, or at least an inconsistency.

Now I just need to figure out how to get autocomplete to search the displayname as well as the email field. The address book already does this.

Comment 3

[Matt Dudziak]

OK, I'll close this bug. If you want to open another bug, please do so against Thunderbird as this is a Thunderbird feature that we inherit. They are likely to look at this before we are. Feel free to put '[penelope_wants]' in the 'Whiteboard' of the bug you file against Thunderbird so that we can easily track it.