SMIME and LDAP

[Jim Spring]

I asked this question in the thunderbird irc group, with no luck. So,
let's see if anyone here is in the know...

I am seeing mixed messages when I search google on this one. I haven't
had a chance to delve into the code yet. But, is Thunderbird capable of
retrieving SMIME certificates from an LDAP repository? If so, are there
any decent how-tos on this? I suspect, if it does work, it is a matter
of getting Thunderbird set up with SMIME and looking for a
userCertificate item in an LDAP entry for a given person.

Thoughts / pointers? I'm just trying to do some homework before diving
in and trying it.

Thanks
-jim