I have another issue at hand:

Before an email is sent, I need to check the email address (stored in a variable) against the database (names.nsf) to make sure it is valid.

loNotes = CreateObject("Lotus.NotesSession") && create notes session
loNotes.initialize("password") && initialize session
loDb = loNotes.Getdatabase("//server090/M/DCF","names.nsf")
>>I get an error when i try to get the view "the database is not open"
loContact = loDb.GetView("People")

1.What logic should be used to perform this check and would be faster (i.e.,copy the view to the local machine and check against that or check agaist the database, names.nsf,directly on the server)

You seem to be the Expert with Lotus, so thank you for sharing your time and knowledge!

TIA
>> WES