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Some of the issues to consider before setting up LDAP accounts on Notes clients are:

• Would you rather set up directory assistance on Notes clients' mail servers or directory servers to provide Notes users with access to a remote LDAP directory rather than use LDAP accounts? You might use directory assistance to avoid having to update client LDAP accounts if the remote LDAP directory configuration changes; if you use directory assistance, you change only the Directory Assistance document for the remote LDAP directory if the directory server configuration changes.
• What settings do you want to use in an LDAP account? For example, if an LDAP directory server requires a search base, you should specify a search base in the account. Should you use a simple search filter that searches only for a cn attribute to locate user entries, or a more complex search filter that also searches for a mail, uid, sn, or givenname attribute? If searches of the cn attribute only are adequate for your needs, using the simple search filter improves the speed of searches.
• Should you use Desktop policy settings documents to set up and modify the LDAP accounts? This approach automates the process of creating and updating the accounts.

Parent topic: Planning LDAP features

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