Configure LDAP question in Mail Preferences

In trying to troubleshoot my question two posts down, I went to Mail Preferences to confirm I had checked the item that says to "Automatically complete addresses". It was checked. What does the toggle box next to it marked "Configure LDAP" do?
many thx

LDAP is a common directory service. It's typically used for accounts in network environments (e.g. a list of everyone's username and password), but it can also be used as a contact database.
When auto-completing email addresses, Mail can query a LDAP server to find users email addresses - think of it as a central address book rather than your own personal one.
It's more common in large organizations where you don't want hundreds of people having to remember everyone else's email address - add them once to the directory and everyone who's connected to that server will see them. For individual/personal use it's less useful.

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