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Ward, Michael wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sympa 5.2.2 on RHEL 5.
>
> I’ve set up a list using an ldap query to update the group members, 
> however I’ve struck the following problem:
>
> Nov 12 11:47:12 tur-lists1 wwsympa[14181]: List::_include_users_ldap() 
> Ldap search failed : Sizelimit exceeded (searching on server 
> dc.massey.ac.nz:389 ; suffix OU=Clients,DC=massey,DC=ac,DC=nz ; filter 
> (&(mailnickname=*)(Description=Staff User)) ; attrs: mail)
>
> I believe the query limit for our domain is 2,000. Is there currently 
> any way to get around the ldap query limit?
>
> I do have a number of other smaller lists already using ldap queries, 
> so I know there’s nothing wrong with my current config.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Ward
There is no solution because this limit is a security limit comming from 
you LDAP server. May be it wouild dangerous to modify this limit. The 
only solution i can see is a dirty solution : use multiple include LDAP 
queries into your list configuration with deferent filters in a way each 
query retreive less than 2000 answers and all queries togother cover the 
original filter.

You may also dump periodically the LDAP category you are looking for on 
a file served by an httpd server. Then include this remote file from Sympa.

No one of thoses solutions is clean...
Serge