Re: Use "groupOfNames" to create distribution list with no success

[suomi hasler <schlubediwup@ayni.com>]

Hi Chengkang
try to add a mailrecipient objectclass to your groupOfNames objectclass 
and then use the mail attribute of the mailrecipient oc.

suomi

Chengkang Chiang wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just build a simple OpenLdap server 2.0.27 on RH9,
> everything works fine,but I don't know how to create a valid
> distribution list to send mails to friends at one time.
>
> After searching internet and old archieves,I think groupOfNames is the
> right one for storing couples of email address.Though the object can be
> created successfully, my email client (Mozilla mail 1.2 and Evolution
> 1.44) still can't use them as distribution list,they consider
> groupOfNames object as an invaild recipient.
>
> Below is the LDIF file I used for creating mylist object.
>
> dn: cn=mylist,ou=xxx,dc=foo,dc=org
> objectclass: top
> objectclass: groupOfNames
> cn: mylist
> member: mail=abc@foo.org
> member: mail=def@foo.org
>
> Can anybody share his/her experience? Any response will be much
> appreciated.
>
> Chengkang
>
>