Using Directory Service Databases

Eudora User Manual

 

 

You use the databases in this list to perform your lookup queries. To perform a query, you must first select one or more databases in the list. To select a database, click the checkbox to the left of the database name until a checkmark appears in the box. If no databases are selected, you cannot perform a query.

You can select multiple databases to perform a query, and you can mix protocols.

Click a column heading to sort this list by that column, alphabetically. Shift-click the column heading to sort in reverse order.

To resize columns, position the mouse pointer over the divider line to the right of the desired column, and drag the line to the left or right.

The use of the Modify button in this section of the window is described in “Modifying an Existing Database” on page 182. The use of the Delete button is described in “Deleting a Database” on page 183.

Adding a New Database (Server)

In addition to the default directory service databases that already come configured with Eudora, you can add new Ph, Finger, and LDAP databases for your Directory Services queries. By adding a new database, you can then query that database for names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc. Databases are created from the Protocols section of the window, and they must be created using one of these three listed protocols.

Important. You must be able to identify the server by its description and its host name before you can add it to Directory Services.

Note. You cannot create a new database using the Eudora Address Book protocol in the list. Nickname files must be created from the Address Book window. See “Using the Address Book” on page 157 for more details. Click the page number to display the topic.

Ph Database

Ph is an online, fully indexed, fast-access white-pages directory service developed and freely distributed by the Computer and Communications Services Office at the University of Illinois at Urbana.

To add a new Ph database, do the following.

1In the Protocols list, click the Ph protocol to select it.

2Click New Database. Or, just double-click Ph in the Protocols list. The New Database window, General panel, appears.

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