This book assumes that you have a general understanding of the following:
The Internet and the World Wide Web
Sun Java System Directory Server and LDAP
Email and email concepts
Calendar and calendar concepts
Sun Java System Console
RFC 2798, and RFC 2445
The RFC’s may be found at the IETF web sites:
ISO 8601 Date-Time Format
For a list of time zone names used with these products, see Appendix A, Standard Time Zones.
In addition, you probably need to have a general understanding of at least one of the following products (depending on whether your LDAP directory is Schema 1 or Schema 2):
iPlanet Delegated Administrator for Messaging, for use with Sun Java System LDAP Schema 1
Sun Java System Access Manager, for use with Sun Java System LDAP Schema 2
Sun JavaCommunications Suite Delegated Administrator, for use with Sun Java System LDAP Schema 2