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Hello experts,<br />
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I am a novice when it comes to computers/networking. &nbsp;We have a small business network with about 15 client workstations running Win7/Win8 that use the Thunderbird email client. &nbsp;We want to create a central address book so we don't have to update each client individually every time there is a change to an email address, etc.<br />
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I have searched on the web for solutions and it seems LDAP is the recommendation, but I cannot find a simple and clear tutorial on how to implement this w/ thunderbird.<br />
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Your help is much appreciated.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Mike
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Hello experts,

I am a novice when it comes to computers/networking.  We have a small business network with about 15 client workstations running Win7/Win8 that use the Thunderbird email client.  We want to create a central address book so we don't have to update each client individually every time there is a change to an email address, etc.

I have searched on the web for solutions and it seems LDAP is the recommendation, but I cannot find a simple and clear tutorial on how to implement this w/ thunderbird.

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

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