LADP Directory?

[George Aster]

I have set Outlook 2002 to open in the Contacts folder
but am first presented with a dialog box
headed "Microsoft LDAP Directory" showing default
Connection Details as: Server "Null", Port "3268",
User "Null", & Password blank. I get rid of this minor
nuisance by closing it, but why does it appear at all,
and is there a way to eliminate it?

I have no idea what an LDAP Directory is and don't
particularly care. The only feature of Outlook that I
use is the Contacts folder, which is an excellent address
book and a great convenience for inserting addresses in
Word documents and envelopes. I use Outlook Express 6.0
as my e-mail client and depend on its separate address
book for e-mail addresses.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

If you upgraded Outlook 2000 IMO to Outlook 2003, Outlook
IMO does not include an address book service. Therefore,
Outlook 2003 installs the first address book service it
finds in its list of services and that is the LDAP server.

To remove it, go to Tools->Email Accounts->Directories-

Viwe or Change->then highlight the LDAP directory and

press remove.

 

[George Aster]

Milly -

To clarify, what I have is Outlook 2002, installed from
CD as part of Office XP Professional. If I remove the
LADP Directory as you suggest, will it affect in any way
my present OE6 e-mail settings or my off-line use of
Outlook's Contacts folder? I have a couple Word
documents illustrating my present mail settings (screen
copies of dialog boxes) that I'd like to attach to this
message if I could; is there a way to get them to you?
BTW, what is "IMO" short for? Thanks very much for your
help.

George

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

First things first, IMO = Internet Mail Only... it is one of 2 modes that
Outlook 98/2000 supported.

Okay, if you are not using the LDAP directory, then removing it will not be
a problem. Also, removing it in Outlook in no way affects how Outlook
Express works. Since your contacts are local, again, removing the LDAP
server will have no effect on your ability to use Contacts when offline.


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
George Aster <[email protected]> asked:

| Milly -
|
| To clarify, what I have is Outlook 2002, installed from
| CD as part of Office XP Professional. If I remove the
| LADP Directory as you suggest, will it affect in any way
| my present OE6 e-mail settings or my off-line use of
| Outlook's Contacts folder? I have a couple Word
| documents illustrating my present mail settings (screen
| copies of dialog boxes) that I'd like to attach to this
| message if I could; is there a way to get them to you?
| BTW, what is "IMO" short for? Thanks very much for your
| help.
|
| George
|
|| -----Original Message-----
|| If you upgraded Outlook 2000 IMO to Outlook 2003, Outlook
|| IMO does not include an address book service. Therefore,
|| Outlook 2003 installs the first address book service it
|| finds in its list of services and that is the LDAP server.
||
|| To remove it, go to Tools->Email Accounts->Directories-
||| Viwe or Change->then highlight the LDAP directory and press remove.
||
||| -----Original Message-----
||| I have set Outlook 2002 to open in the Contacts folder
||| but am first presented with a dialog box
||| headed "Microsoft LDAP Directory" showing default
||| Connection Details as: Server "Null", Port "3268",
||| User "Null", & Password blank. I get rid of this minor
||| nuisance by closing it, but why does it appear at all,
||| and is there a way to eliminate it?
|||
||| I have no idea what an LDAP Directory is and don't
||| particularly care. The only feature of Outlook that I
||| use is the Contacts folder, which is an excellent address
||| book and a great convenience for inserting addresses in
||| Word documents and envelopes. I use Outlook Express 6.0
||| as my e-mail client and depend on its separate address
||| book for e-mail addresses.
|||
||| .
|||
|| .

 

[George Aster]

Thanks Milly -- That takes care of it. I do appreciate
your help.