CONFIGURING


How the LDAP service forms a value for the mail attribute
The LDAP service forms a value for the mail attribute by searching for information in a number of places.

To return a value for the mail attribute for a Person, Group, Mail-In Database, or Resource document, the LDAP service searches for the following:

1. A fully formed Internet address in one of these fields, in the order indicated:


2. Address conversion rules specified in SMTP Address Conversion section on the Conversions tab of a Global Domain document.
3. A DNS domain name retrieved from the operating system of the machine on which the LDAP service runs. The syntax is:
Note: If an extended ACL denies an LDAP service access to the LDAP mail attribute or the corresponding Domino® InternetAdress field, the LDAP service cannot complete the preceding process and is unable to return a value for the mail attribute.

Related concepts
Extended ACL
How the LDAP service works
The LDAP service

Related tasks
To create a Global Domain document