[Pidgin] #7357: Add user/search for user enhancement

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#7357: Add user/search for user enhancement
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 Reporter:  im_root           |        Owner:  deryni
     Type:  enhancement       |       Status:  new   
Milestone:                    |    Component:  XMPP  
  Version:  2.5.2             |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:  Active Directory  |  
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Comment(by deryni):

 Yes, sorry I was specifically responding to charding and not restating
 both of the ideas. Sorting is also something that should be allowed.

 Your request for Outlook integration is something that should be handled
 by a plugin like the Evolution integration plugin that currently exists.
 This is not a plugin I think we have any interest in creating or
 maintaining ourselves though.

 As to the AD integration, a plugin could be written to integrate with any
 random (user specified) AD server which could do the same sort of things
 as the Outlook/Evolution integration plugins I mentioned above. But
 specifically with regard to the Search for Users feature, as rekkanoryo
 said, it is the servers job to control what backend data is searched when
 you perform the search and as such you should talk to your server
 administrators to get it connected to the correct AD source.

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