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Finding contacts or Internet e-mail addresses
You can search your Contacts (NotesR application directories on DominoR servers), or Internet directories for contact names or Internet e-mail addresses. Once you find a contact name (except for in an Internet directory), you can view detailed information about the contact, and add it to your Contacts list.

To find a contact

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Click View > Search This View and then click More.

3. Select a Contacts list or directory from the Directory field.

4. Select List by name in the View by field.

5. Enter a name in the Find names starting with field, or use the scroll bar to scroll through the directory.

6. Select the name in the list by clicking it.

7. (Optional) Click Details to see detailed information on the selected person.

8. (Optional) Add the person to your list of contacts.

To find Internet e-mail addresses or other data in Internet directories

If your organization gives you access to the Internet through Notes, you can search Internet directories for e-mail addresses of people whose names you know. By default, Notes includes accounts for two Internet directories: BigFoot and Verisign. If the Internet directory you use includes more information, you may also be able to determine a person's company, city, phone number, and so on.

Internet directories may also include other data, such as group names, printer names, or even applications. You can perform conditional searches on directories.

When the search completes, matches to your search, if any, are returned listed in a dialog box. For example, if you search for Pat Wilkins, depending how many exist in the directory, you may receive multiple entries that include full names or perhaps consist of just an e-mail address, like this:

Pat Wilkins (wilkins@company1.com)

Patricia M Wilkins (p_wilkins@company2.com)

Patty Wilkinson (patty@company3.com)

pat_wilkins@company4.com

To use an Internet directory that's not provided in your Contacts list by default (several are), you must create an account for the directory.

1. Open the Contacts application.

2. Click View > Search This View and then click More.

3. Select an Internet (LDAP) directory from the Directory list.

4. Enter a person's name in the Find names starting with field.

5. (Optional) Refine your search by clicking Detailed Search and adding search conditions. For example, if you want to search for Ivan, select First Name in the first Search for field and Is in the second field. Enter "Ivan" in the third field.

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