Duplicates in Outlook connector global address list (GAL)

I am getting duplicates in GAL of Outlook 2007, some addresses appear seven times or more. I have followed the guide for VLV Browsing, it makes no difference to the problem. There are less duplicates if I use search base: ou=People,o=Organization1,dc=example,dc=com. Actually I want to use search base: dc=example,dc=com, thus showing all the organizations (truely global address book). In order for this to work I have use the ACI access control to filter the entries that I want in the GAL (ACI I'm using is below). I seems that when I filter out entries with "psincludeingab=false" It correctly doesn't display that contact but a duplicate entry of another contact occurs in it's place. It's as if it's getting empty entries due to ACI filtering and filling the blank entries in with the last successfully retrieved entries. Thunderbird GAL (ldap address book) is much better, I can filter it server -side (ACI) or client side (search filter in the advanced tab). I have been battling with this issue for a while now, I can't understand why nobody else appears to have this problem.
ACI for valid users/groups/resources:
ACI syntax:
(target = ldap:///o=*,dc=example,dc=com) (targetscope = subtree) (targetfilter = (& (!(psincludeingab=false)) (|(objectclass=inetorgperson)(objectclass=inetResource)(objectclass=icscalendargroup))))(targetattr != "userPassword") (version 3.0; acl "Access Corporate Directory"; allow (read, compare, search) (userdn = "ldap:///uid=*,ou=People,o=*,dc=example,dc=com");)
ACI location:
dc=example,dc=com

ethoms wrote:
1) I can't easily share address books accross orgs/domains.Sharing personal address-books across hosted domains is definitely a useful feature. I could however not find an existing RFE (request for enhancement) to have this feature added to Convergence or UWC/CE so it seems the demand for such a feature is low.
2) I can't subsribe or even access subcribed address books in Convergence.Bug #6690621 - "Enable advanced personal address book functionality (creation/deletion/sharing)". Hopefully this feature is added in Convergence Update 1.
3) I can't access any address book (other than GAL) in Thunderbird.Thunderbirds in-built LDAP functionality is basic i.e. no LDAP write support which makes integrating LDAP PAB address-book functionality costly to develop. As no paying customers seem to care enough about Thunderbird PAB support to raise this as an issue I don't believe there are any intentions to address this in the short-term.
The longer-term vision is to provide a CardDAV server for which there are existing Thunderbird extensions:
http://wikis.sun.com/display/CommSuite/Project+Aries
4) I can't create a user that exists in more than one org/domain whilst having only one mailbox yet able to send from all their domain aliases. The problem with this workaround is neither Comms Express nor Convergence allow change of From address and thus consolidated sent items is not possible.Actually it is possible to customize Comms Express to allow a user to select from a From: drop-down listing of their mailequivalentaddress: attributes. I have provided these steps to customers who have logged support cases in the past.
There is a longer-term plan to have 'multiple send identities' in Convergence along the same lines as Thunderbird.
RFE #6673157 - "Multiple send identies".
On the whole I'm very happy with Comms Suite, I like the fact that it all works over Internet, not just LAN (thick client, thin client and administration interfaces).The various components of Comm Suite were developed with a large ISP style deployments in mind so working across the Internet is a given.
What could definetely be improved is more features for multi-org/domain companies/enterprises that are both seperate and yet together on different levels and services. In the ISP world hosted domains remain very-much separate. As you have noted this model doesn't apply for smaller deployments (Universities/SME) so there is definitely work that can be done on this level.
Also needs more GUI configuration and managemant services (e.g. mailbox management/statistics, more DA options).The underpinnings of GUI configuration (or at least simplified configuration/administration) is already occurring with a shift towards XML storage of configuration data in Messaging Server (and I believe IM server). This step makes it much easier to build tools (whether they be cli/gui based) which can parse/modify the existing configuration.
But as I'm sure I've mentioned in the past, the only way to get traction on the features you desire is to bring these issues up with your Sun Account Rep.
Regards,
Shane.

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