Creating a Contact List
To send instant messages, you need a list of contacts who have Passport accounts and Windows Messenger (or MSN Messenger) installed. The best way to add a contact is to specify an email address, as described here. You can search a directory for contacts, but these usually don't work. Messenger scans only your Outlook Express address book and Microsoft's Hotmail Member Directory, which people often decline to be listed in.To add a contact:
1. Choose File > Add a Contact.2. Select By E-Mail Address or Sign-In Name; then click Next.3. Enter the person's email address (Figure 15.8 ); then click Next.
Figure 15.8. The wizard checks whether this person has a Passport and, if so, adds the name to your contact list.

Tips

Figure 15.9. When someone adds
you to her contact list, you can choose whether to allow the contact or block it. Check the box to add that person to your contact list. To see everyone who's added you, choose Tools > Options > Privacy tab > View button.