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25. Using Sympa with LDAP

LDAP is a client-server protocol for accessing a directory service. Sympa provide various features based on access to one or more LDAP directories :

- authentication using LDAP directory instead of sympa internal storage of password
  see 12.5, page

- named filters used in authorization scenario condition
  see 13.2, page

- LDAP extraction of list subscribers (see 20.2.1)

- LDAP extraction of list owners or editors
  see 17.7, page

- mail aliases stored in LDAP
  see 6.3, page