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Configuring SeaMonkey to Access the University Directory On a Mac

You can configure SeaMonkey 1.1.x to use the University Directory service to find the correct e-mail address for a faculty/staff member of the university when you are composing an e-mail message. To do this, just follow the steps below:

1. Open up SeaMonkey.
2. Click on SeaMonkey on the menu bar. Choose Preferences.
3. Go to the left column of items in the Preferences window.
4. Click on the triangle to the left of the Mail and Newsgroups entry.
5. Click on the Addressing entry underneath Mail and Newsgroups.
6. Put a checkmark on the right side of the window in the Directory Server box.
7. Click on the Edit Directories button.

   

8. Click on the Add button in the LDAP Directory Servers window that appears.
9. Enter the following information in the window that appears:
   • Name: University Directory
   • Hostname: directory.umd.edu
   • Base DN: dc=umd,dc=edu

   

10. Click the OK button and you will return to the LDAP Directory Servers window.
11. Click the OK button again and you will return to the Preferences window.
12. Set the Directory Server: drop down menu to University Directory.
13. Click the OK button.

To use the Directory service, start a new e-mail message. Type in the full name of the person at the university in the address line. Start composing your message. After a few moments, the University Directory will answer SeaMonkey's request for information about that person, and the name you entered will be replaced by the name and e-mail address of that person.