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Adding the Columbia Directory

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  1. Select Address Book from Netscape's Window menu.

    address book menu
choice


  2. From Netscape's File menu, select New --> LDAP Directory.

    new LDAP directory
menu choice


  3. With the General tab selected, enter Columbia Directory for the name, and ldap.columbia.edu for the hostname. Click OK.

    define LDAP directory
screen


  4. Quit and re-start Netscape. The Columbia Directory will now be listed along with your personal address books.

If you want Netscape to look people up in the Columbia Directory when you start typing their addresses into the To: field of a new mail message...

  1. Select Preferences from Netscape's Edit menu (from the Netscape menu in Macintosh OS X).
  2. Click on the triangle next to Mail & Newsgroups and select Addressing. Select Directory Server in the Address Autocompletion pane and select Columbia Directory from the drop-down menu. Click OK.

    addressing
preferences screen