Hi! I'm experiencing some difficulties configuring Outlook to access an Active Directory server on W2003Server (the domain controller of my network). When using Outlook Express I've no problem in browsing a specific OU where I've recorded all the "global" contacts whereas using Outlook I'm not able to list any entry or, better, I see only the user entry corresponding to the user I'm logging in with. I've seen some previous posts about this problem but I was unable to find any hint to face the problem. Have you some suggestions ? Thank you. Massimo
Hi, You don't configure Outlook to access a domain controller - Outlook is configured to connect to the exchange server where your mailbox is located and then Outlook will depending on the version either contact a GC itself or the exchange server will do it on behalf of the client. Don't you see a global address list in Outlook? Is your Outlook version 2003 and are you using cached mode? If yes remember that you are then using an offline address list. Try to configure Outlook not to use cached mode - can you then see the GAL? Leif "MV" wrote in message news:1142457444.058073.12360@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com... > Hi! I'm experiencing some difficulties configuring Outlook to access an > Active Directory server on W2003Server (the domain controller of my > network). When using Outlook Express I've no problem in browsing a > specific OU where I've recorded all the "global" contacts whereas using > Outlook I'm not able to list any entry or, better, I see only the user > entry corresponding to the user I'm logging in with. I've seen some > previous posts about this problem but I was unable to find any hint to > face the problem. Have you some suggestions ? > Thank you. > Massimo >
Thank you for your attention. I try to answer your questions, but I'm not sure having really understood ... - Outlook is not configured to access the exchange server ... I do not have an Exchange server but I'm only using Active Directory as a LDAP (Directory) server. - My Outlook version is 2002 (shipped with Office XP) If I try to browse the Internet Directory (my LDAP / AD server) I only see the contact corresponding to the user I'm authenticating with or, if I set Outlook to access a base dir different than Users, I don't see anything and I'll receive an error (something like: the query you selected is empty). With the same credentials other LDAP clients (Outlook Express and a freeware one) will see the complete list. Have you some suggestions ? It seems to me that Outlook adds some filters to the query I'm performing on the LDAP server or ... Thank you, Massimo
