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Re: any suggestions on mail client?



On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:31:22PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
> sandip <sandip@escortsmumbai.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > > There is no custom fields in Mutt's address book (aliases). But Mutt
> > > can query external address books.
> > 
> > any specific applications that you suggest?
> 
> I use a script I wrote myself to grok through our university's LDAP
> tree for usernames.  It's not quite completion-as-you-type (you need
> to hit ^T and it gives you a list) but it's close.  I won't send you
> my script because it is rather badly written and slow.  One day I will
> rewrite it in PERL or something, but until then...

lbdb (little brother database) can be setup to query all sorts of
sources, including LDAP.  AFAIK, adding a single line to your ~/.muttrc
will enable support for lbdb:
set query_command="lbdbq %s"

-rob

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