SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION

Finding contacts or Internet e-mail addresses
You can search your Personal Address Book, Domino directories (Notes database directories on Domino servers), or Internet directories for contact names or Internet e-mail addresses. Once you find a contact name in a Domino Directory or Notes address book (not an Internet directory), you can view detailed information about the contact, and add it to your Personal Address Book.

To search your Personal Address Book and Domino directories

1. Click the triangle to the right of the Search icon and choose "Find People."


2. Select an address book or directory in the "Choose address book" field.

3. Select "List by name" in the "View by" field.

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

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

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

7. (Optional) Click the button shown in this picture to add the contact to your Personal Address Book.


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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 Notes completes the search, 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 Personal Address Book by default (several are), you must create an account for the directory.

1. Click the triangle to the right of the Search icon and choose "Find People."

2. Select an Internet (LDAP) directory from the "Choose address book" list.

3. Enter a person's name in the "Search for" field.

4. (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.


5. Click Search.

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