Turning Off LDAP in Thunderbird

On campus at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ, Thunderbird is typically configured to use the LDAP server to look up gustavus addresses when composing messages. This feature will populate the To: field with matches (from the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ system) when you begin typing an email address. To configure Thunderbird to use LDAP see Configuring LDAP with Thunderbird

This feature needs to be turned off if a machine (laptop) goes off campus, as access to the LDAP from off campus is blocked by a firewall.

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Turning LDAP off

  1. From the Tools menu - select Account Settings
  2. In the Composition and Addressing section - under the Addressing area - select Use my global LDAP server preferences....
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  1. From the Tools menu - select Options.
  2. On the Composition section, on the Addressing tab, uncheck Directory Server, for When addressing messages, look for matching entries in:
  3. Restart Thunderbird.

See also

Mozilla Thunderbird