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