User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Build Identifier: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 (20031013) The filter in 'advanced' tab in 'directory server properties' isn't used in address book but is used in mail composer. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.create a ldap directory 2.in directory server properties, select 'advanced' and type a search filter like: (!(employeeType=E)) or also (givenName=a*) Actual Results: If you search a people in address book, the filter is always ignored ! If you compose a mail, when you type the address in 'To:', the filter is used. Expected Results: The filter must apply in address book AND mail composer. This is an old, old, old bug presented since a long time ago in all the release (Netscape, Communicator, Mozilla and now Thunderbird)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 232453 ***