Setup Contacts and Mail apps to query MIT's LDAP server OS X 10.9 and up
Instructions
Mail.app uses Contacts to store and access contact information.
- Navigate to the System Preferences menu.
- From the System Preferences window, select Internet Accounts.
- In the following window, select Add Other Account from the left-hand column and choose Other from the right hand column. (For 10.12 and up, you might have to select "other" on the right.
- From the slide-down window, select Add an LDAP account and click Create...
- At the Add an LDAP account screen, use the following settings:
- Description: MIT LDAP
- Search base: dc=mit,dc=edu
- Scope: Subtree
- Server Address: ldap.mit.edu
- Port: 389
- Use SSL: unchecked
- Authentication: None
- Click Create.
Mac OS X is now configured to search MIT's LDAP directory.