LDAP Server

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Mick DiGrazia

I have added an LDAP server as a service in Outlook. It
normally works fine, but the problem is when searching for
a name which is duplicated (common name), only the last
person is returned in Outlook.

I have captured packets and found that in one case 5
results are being returned, but only 1 is displayed in
Outlook.

I have tested this on both Outlook 2000 SP 3 and Outlook XP
SP 2.

Does anyone know why Outlook filters results and only
displays the last result from the query?

Thanks for your help
 
I tried emailing you but your address isn't working. Here is the info:

Our ldap server name is ldap.uconn.edu, search base is dc=uconn,dc=edu
Does not require a login. Try searching for matthew smith. You can verify
the problem by visiting phonebook.uconn.edu and doing the same search, or
by adding the account to Outlook Express and using Windows find people
function. Both of these produce correct results

Thanks again for the help Let me know if you need anything else
 
Mick,

What I found is not necessarily good :-)

This behavior is apparently by-design in Outlook 2002 and I have tried every
trick in the book to get this to work as you hoped (like OE). What's the
chance of changing display names for the different "Matthew Smith" users.
For example, "Matthew A Smith" or "Matthew Smith (1)". If this can be done,
then I think Outlook 2002 will return all the different users whose name is
Matthew Smith.
 
It's not likely that we can change the listings, as the server is getting a
feed from our business systems. I am surprised that this is done by design
in Outlook. Every other client I have tried works like you would expect.
Having duplicate display names in our directory does not seem to be an
issue only we would see - I would think many organizations would see this
as a problem

Mick
 
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