Hi, I believe there is a specific syntax for doing case insensitive searches. If you are doing a search yourself (i.e. you have a client that you can specify the raw ldap search pattern) then I believe that using the tilda equals ~= gives you an approximate match which basically makes it case insensitive but also matches string that contain the pattern rather than just what is specified.
for example if I did: (cn~=STevE) then I would expect this to match "Steve" but also "Steven". The RFC spec is at http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2254.html (section 4 is the bit you want), it's not too bad for an RFC (some of them might as well be written in Swahili for all the sense they make:-) here are two example searches (!(cn~=Steve)(mail=smoore*)) A fullname approximately matching Steve OR an email address starting with smoore. (&(cn=steve)(ou=finance)) A fullname matching steve (exactly) AND department is finance. Not sure if this helps for use with OE and Netscape though. I have noticed one more thing whilst playing around with this, the search base now does not need to be set. This is good for new users of the product because the old requirement for ObjectClass=Person always looked like a kludge anyway (I just wish they would specifically list these changes in the change list). Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Bilbee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] LDAP and netscape > No I think it should be case insensitive. When you ask it to lookup int he > name field it also looks up in the email address. > > I have thought the imail LDAP has been strange all along but if you ask > IPSwitch tech support they will say it is written to the RFC's. > > > Kevin Bilbee > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bud Durland > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:37 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] LDAP and netscape > > > > > > Am I the only one that thinks that's goofy? > > > > Kevin Bilbee wrote: > > > > >I just tested, That is correct it the lookups are case > > sensitive. I did not > > >even notice!! > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" > > "I think so, Brain, but really, me and Pippi Longstockings? > > I mean, what would the children look like?" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Bud Durland, CNE Mold-Rite Plastics > > Network Administrator http://www.mrpcap.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus / Sophos AV] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
