# Ldap distribution list as group?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 9, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684 "2017-03-09T00:14:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@y2kenny](https://meta.discourse.org/u/y2kenny)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684/1 "2017-03-09T00:14:54Z")
I understand Discourse has a concept of group and there are ldap plugin out there. Is there a way to use existing ldap distribution lists as groups without recreating them in Discourse?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684/2 "2017-03-09T14:51:19Z")
You would need to build a plugin or some sort of script using discourse api to synchronize stuff.
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### Author:  [@saideep](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saideep)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684/3 "2019-04-29T04:58:26Z")
I wanted to check if this functionality has been added by default or do we still need to build a plugin to get this done?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684/4 "2019-04-29T13:22:50Z")
Still need a plugin to sync your LDAP distribution lists with Discourse groups.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ldap-distribution-list-as-group/58684/6 "2022-08-12T14:05:08Z")