diff -Naur cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/configure cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/configure
--- cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/configure	2005-02-14 18:59:46.000000000 +0100
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/configure	2005-07-22 22:52:40.320275163 +0200
@@ -14395,7 +14395,7 @@
 done
 
 IMAP_COM_ERR_LIBS="${COM_ERR_LIBS}"
-IMAP_LIBS="${LIB_SASL} ${LIBS}"
+IMAP_LIBS="${LIB_SASL} -lldap -llber ${LIBS}"
 
 
 
diff -Naur cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/configure.in cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/configure.in
--- cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/configure.in	2005-01-19 00:46:00.000000000 +0100
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/configure.in	2005-07-22 22:54:13.704431566 +0200
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@
 done
 
 IMAP_COM_ERR_LIBS="${COM_ERR_LIBS}"
-IMAP_LIBS="${LIB_SASL} ${LIBS}"
+IMAP_LIBS="${LIB_SASL} -lldap -llber ${LIBS}"
 
 AC_SUBST(LIB_RT)
 AC_SUBST(IMAP_COM_ERR_LIBS)
diff -Naur cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/imap/global.c cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/imap/global.c
--- cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/imap/global.c	2004-11-23 18:40:15.000000000 +0100
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/imap/global.c	2005-07-22 22:52:40.322275209 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <ldap.h>
+#include <lber.h>
+
 #if HAVE_UNISTD_H
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -349,6 +352,18 @@
     char *domain = NULL;
     int len = strlen(user);
     char buf[81];
+    const char *uri;
+    const char *base;
+    const char *binddn;
+    const char *bindpw;
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    char filter[255];
+    LDAP *handle;
+    LDAPMessage *res;
+    LDAPMessage *entry;
+    char ** vals;
+
+    int rc;
 
     /* check for domain */
     if (config_virtdomains &&
@@ -367,6 +382,47 @@
     }
 
     if (config_virtdomains) {
+        if (config_virtdomains == IMAP_ENUM_VIRTDOMAINS_LDAP) {
+           uri = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_URI);
+           base = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_BASE);
+           binddn = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_BIND_DN);
+           bindpw = config_getstring(IMAPOPT_LDAP_PASSWORD);
+           timeout.tv_sec = config_getint(IMAPOPT_LDAP_TIME_LIMIT);
+           timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+           sprintf(filter, "(uid=%s)", user);
+           rc = ldap_initialize(&handle, uri);
+           if (rc != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                syslog(LOG_ERR, "ldap_initialize failed (%s)", uri);
+           } else {
+	        rc = ldap_simple_bind_s(handle, binddn, bindpw);
+	        if (rc != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                     syslog(LOG_ERR, "ldap_simple_bind() failed %d (%s)", rc, ldap_err2string(rc));
+	        } else {
+	             rc = ldap_search_st(handle, base, LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE, filter, NULL, 0, &timeout, &res);
+                     if (rc != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+                          syslog(LOG_ERR, "ldap_search_st failed %d (%s)", rc, ldap_err2string(rc));
+                     } else {
+	                  if ( (entry = ldap_first_entry(handle, res)) != NULL ) {
+			       // read mail attribute from entry
+			       if ( (vals = ldap_get_values(handle, entry, "mail")) ) {
+  				    if (strchr(vals[0], '@')) {
+				        static char buf[81]; /* same size as in auth_canonifyid */
+					strncpy( buf, vals[0], sizeof(buf) );
+					buf[80] = '\0'; /* make sure it's null-terminated */
+					ldap_value_free( vals );
+				        ldap_msgfree( res );
+					ldap_unbind_s(handle); /* also frees handle */
+				        return auth_canonifyid( buf, 0) ;
+				    }
+				    ldap_value_free( vals );
+			       }			       	
+   	                  }
+			  ldap_msgfree( res );
+                     }
+                }
+		ldap_unbind_s(handle); /* also frees handle */
+           }
+        }
 	if (domain) {
 	    if (config_defdomain && !strcasecmp(config_defdomain, domain+1)) {
 		*domain = '\0'; /* trim the default domain */
@@ -379,7 +435,7 @@
 		user = buf;
 	    }
 	}
-	else if (config_virtdomains != IMAP_ENUM_VIRTDOMAINS_USERID) {
+	else if (config_virtdomains != IMAP_ENUM_VIRTDOMAINS_USERID && config_virtdomains != IMAP_ENUM_VIRTDOMAINS_LDAP) {
 	    socklen_t salen;
 	    int error;
 	    struct sockaddr_storage localaddr;
diff -Naur cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/lib/imapoptions cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/lib/imapoptions
--- cyrus-imapd-2.2.12/lib/imapoptions	2004-07-21 21:07:45.000000000 +0200
+++ cyrus-imapd-2.2.12.oden/lib/imapoptions	2005-07-22 22:52:40.323275232 +0200
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@
    mailbox hierarchy.  The default is to use the netnews separator
    character '.'. */
 
-{ "virtdomains", "off", ENUM("off", "userid", "on") }
+{ "virtdomains", "off", ENUM("off", "userid", "ldap", "on") }
 /* Enable virtual domain support.  If enabled, the user's domain will
    be determined by splitting a fully qualified userid at the last '@'
    or '%' symbol.  If the userid is unqualified, and the virtdomains