How to automaticly configure networkaccounts on clients

When i connect a client computer to my open directory i get the message to configure all my services on the computer like ical etc. Al these services will be configured on my local account for example:
My localaccount is: dirkb
My opendirectory account: dirkb
But when i log in on the same machine with a network account i want to have all my services automaticly configured to but that does not happen. I do get the preferences from the workgroup manager right like dock settings etc. but:
- Mail
- Ical
- Adresbook
Are not set up for use. I do know i can set users an e-mail from server preferences to set up those services but is there a way to auto configure these services when the user logs in?

It is possible to get local accounts to be auto configured for Mail/iCal etc. but not network logins. This limitation makes this 'feature' effectively useless. See "Automated Client Configuration" on page 120 of Apple's "Open Directory Admin 10.6" PDF manual and http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/01/mac-mini-with-snow-leopard-server-r eview.ars/2
An alternative approach which would require a fair amount of initial work, would be to write a login script which does something like -
1. Check to see if '~/.alreadydone' exists if so exit
2. Using login name, generate matching strings and use defaults command line to add settings to appropriate plist files.
3. touch '~/.alreadydone'
4. exit

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