1. The user's Contacts.

2. Any local Mobile Directory Catalogs on the client.

For searching to continue to a server, the "Mail file location" field in the active Location document must be set to "On server." Type-ahead searches never continue to a server if there is a local Mobile Directory Catalog.

4. A condensed Directory Catalog on the server.

5. Directories defined in the server's directory assistance database that have the option "Make this domain available to: Notes clients and Internet Authentication/Authorization" enabled.

If the user enters a common name rather than a hierarchical one, the server searches all directories according to the search order specified for the directories.

If the user enters a hierarchical name, only directories assigned naming rules that correspond to the hierarchical name the user entered are searched. If there is more than one directory assigned a naming rule that matches, the directory with the most specific matching rule is searched first. For example, if a user enters the name Phyllis Spera/Sales/Acme, the server first searches a directory with the rule /Sales/Acme, before searching a directory with the rule */Acme. If directories have identical naming rules that match the name entered by the user, search orders assigned to the directories determine the order in which the directories are searched.

Directory search order
Planning directory services in a multiple-directory environment
Directory services terms

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