How can I get Thunderbird to import a secure LDAP certificate?

How can I get Thunderbird to import a secure LDAP certificate? I've got an LDAP server configured for in Thunderbird's address book (ldap.example.com). I'd like to use the SSL version, so I checked the 'Use SSL' box. It starts to work, but I get a certificate warning in response. Okay, sure, I know that server uses a funny certificate, so I'll add it.
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"In subsequent exploration I discovered that you can simply provide the URL ldap.example.com:636 (636 being the SSL+LDAP port) and Thunderbird will do the SSL negotation necessary to get the certificate, drop the connection, and never realize that it's not actually talking HTTP.

I'm going to file something with the Thunderbird bug tracker suggesting they take ldaps:// as a protocol specifier, instead of using that silly hack."