From 09ddc36fdef93be2024d108037c19326032c849b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 19:59:54 +0000 Subject: some of this was shamefully inaccurate. 2002-06-10 Aaron Weber * C/usage-contact.sgml: some of this was shamefully inaccurate. * C/preface.sgml: add original location. svn path=/trunk/; revision=17156 --- help/C/usage-contact.sgml | 43 +++++++++++-------------------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/usage-contact.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml index aff3da93fe..c66de53b7a 100644 --- a/help/C/usage-contact.sgml +++ b/help/C/usage-contact.sgml @@ -493,47 +493,26 @@ right-click on the list's address card in the Addressbook and select Send Message to List. - - + + Ximian Evolution cannot store contact lists on Exchange + servers. + + - Sharing your Cards The LDAP protocol was created to let users share contact information over a network. - LDAP allows for users to browse other people's addressbooks, or - maintain a shared set of contact information for a company or - department. This feature comes in handy if you are in a group - where there are lots of people using the same contacts. Such an - example would be the sales department of a company with their - client list. + LDAP allows a company to maintain a shared set of contact + information for a company or department. Many companies keep a + common LDAP address book for all their employees or for client + contacts. - - Sharing Address Cards and Calendar Data - - Rich wants to schedule a meeting with Company X, so he - checks the network for the Company X address card so he - knows whom to call there. Since his company also shares - calendars, he then learns that his co-worker Deanna has - already scheduled a meeting with Company X next Thursday. - He can either go to the meeting himself or ask Deanna to - discuss his concerns for him. Either way, he avoids - scheduling an extra meeting with Company X. - - - - - Of course, you don't want to share all of your cards— why - overload the network with a list of babysitters or tell - everyone in the office you're talking to new job prospects? If - you keep cards on your own computer, you can decide which items - you want to make accessible to others. - To learn how to add a remote directory to your available contact folders, see . @@ -567,8 +546,8 @@ - Your ability to view, change, add, and delete contacts - depends on the settings of the LDAP server. + LDAP servers do not normally permit individual users to + alter or delete cards. -- cgit v1.2.3