The Instant Messaging Contact List contains people with whom you want to have chat sessions on a regular basis. Even before you add any names to your Instant Contact List, you will see all the names in the current mail message's "From," "To," and "cc" fields at the top of the List. These names change depending on which mail message is active.
To display the Instant Contact List, do one of the following:
and select "Show/Hide Instant Contact List."
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