Question

I’d like to use CFLDAP to retrieve all the users in a certain distribution group used by Exchange. If this is possible, what do I use for the ‘filter’ attribute of CFLDAP? Also, if all I have is the email address for the group (e.g. ‘[e-mail]’), can I still get the user information, or do I need the name of the group that uses that email address?

For example, what would I put in the block below?

<cfldap server = "foo.example.com"
        action = "query"
        name = "ldap2"
        start = "dc=foo,dc=example,dc=com"
        attributes = "givenName,sn,sAMAccountName,mail,employeeID,dn"
        filter="?????????????"
        username="BAR\eterps"
        password="12345" >

Answer 1

To get the Group name from the email address, I used Active Directory Explorer. I’m sure there is a way to query for it as well.

Once I had the group name, I created my filter for CFLDAP: (&(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=Sales,ou=Email Distribution Groups,dc=foo,dc=example,dc=com))

So the resulting CFLDAP query looks like:

<cfldap server = "foo.example.com"
    action = "query"
    name = "ldap2"
    start = "dc=foo,dc=example,dc=com"
    attributes = "givenName,sn,sAMAccountName,mail,employeeID,dn"
    filter="(&(objectClass=user)(memberOf=cn=Sales,ou=Email Distribution Groups,dc=foo,dc=example,dc=com))"
    username="BAR\eterps"
    password="12345" >