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Open Directory Data Requirements
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Format of the MailAttribute Data Type
Ensure that each MailAttribute data type you configure your server to retrieve from an LDAP or
Active Directory server is in the format described in the following table. If any field contains an
incorrect value, the MailAttribute is ignored (in other words, treated as if MailAccountState
were “Off ”).
EMailAddress:
an email address to
which mail should be
automatically forwarded
when a user has no
MailAttribute defined
Any legal RFC
822 email
address or a valid
“mailto:” URL
[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]
HomeDirectory:
the location of an
AFP-based home
directory
Mac OS X
property list
In the following example, Tom King’s home
directory is K-M/Tom King, which resides beneath
the share point directory, Users:
Data type
Format
Sample values
MailAttribute field
Format
Sample values
AttributeVersion
A required case-
insensitive value that
must be set to
“AppleMail 1.0.”
MailAccountState
A required case-
insensitive keyword
describing the state of
the user’s mail. It must
be set to one of these
values: “Off,” “Enabled,”
or “Forward.”