1 Introduction
The LDAP protocol allows you to search for information such as fax numbers and E-mail addresses from your server. When you use the Fax, I-Fax or Scan to E-mail server features, you can use the LDAP search to find fax numbers or E-mail addresses.
Every E-mail program has a personal address book, but how do you look up an address for someone who's never sent you an E-mail? How can an organization keep one centralized up-to-date phone book that everybody has access to? The solution is to have LDAP. LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an Internet protocol that E-mail and other programs use to look up information from a directory server on your network. So, instead of having to write in the recipients E-mail address or have to find it from another source, you can search for it using LDAP direct from the control panel of the multifunction machine.
Benefits to the customer
It simplifies the process of sending a fax or scanning a document to E-mail through its effective search facility.
It can save time, particularly if the recipients E-mail address if unknown to the sender.
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