diff --git a/src/pkg/selectors/exchange.go b/src/pkg/selectors/exchange.go
index a6a52af78..f095bec96 100644
--- a/src/pkg/selectors/exchange.go
+++ b/src/pkg/selectors/exchange.go
@@ -260,7 +260,22 @@ func (s *exchange) Users(users []string) []ExchangeScope {
 // -------------------
 // Filter Factories
 
-// Produces an exchange mail received-after filter scope.
+// ContactName produces one or more exchange contact name filter scopes.
+// Matches any contact whose name contains the provided string.
+// If any slice contains selectors.Any, that slice is reduced to [selectors.Any]
+// If any slice contains selectors.None, that slice is reduced to [selectors.None]
+// If any slice is empty, it defaults to [selectors.None]
+func (sr *ExchangeRestore) ContactName(senderID string) []ExchangeScope {
+	return []ExchangeScope{
+		makeFilterScope[ExchangeScope](
+			ExchangeContact,
+			ExchangeFilterContactName,
+			[]string{senderID},
+			wrapFilter(filters.In)),
+	}
+}
+
+// MailReceivedAfter produces an exchange mail received-after filter scope.
 // Matches any mail which was received after the timestring.
 // If the input equals selectors.Any, the scope will match all times.
 // If the input is empty or selectors.None, the scope will always fail comparisons.
@@ -274,7 +289,7 @@ func (sr *ExchangeRestore) MailReceivedAfter(timeStrings string) []ExchangeScope
 	}
 }
 
-// Produces an exchange mail received-before filter scope.
+// MailReceivedBefore produces an exchange mail received-before filter scope.
 // Matches any mail which was received before the timestring.
 // If the input equals selectors.Any, the scope will match all times.
 // If the input is empty or selectors.None, the scope will always fail comparisons.
@@ -288,8 +303,8 @@ func (sr *ExchangeRestore) MailReceivedBefore(timeStrings string) []ExchangeScop
 	}
 }
 
-// Produces one or more exchange mail sender filter scopes.
-// Matches any mail whose mail sender equals one of the provided strings.
+// MailSender produces one or more exchange mail sender filter scopes.
+// Matches any mail whose sender contains one of the provided strings.
 // If any slice contains selectors.Any, that slice is reduced to [selectors.Any]
 // If any slice contains selectors.None, that slice is reduced to [selectors.None]
 // If any slice is empty, it defaults to [selectors.None]
@@ -303,8 +318,8 @@ func (sr *ExchangeRestore) MailSender(senderIDs []string) []ExchangeScope {
 	}
 }
 
-// Produces one or more exchange mail subject line filter scopes.
-// Matches any mail whose mail subject contains one of the provided strings.
+// MailSubject produces one or more exchange mail subject line filter scopes.
+// Matches any mail whose subject contains one of the provided strings.
 // If any slice contains selectors.Any, that slice is reduced to [selectors.Any]
 // If any slice contains selectors.None, that slice is reduced to [selectors.None]
 // If any slice is empty, it defaults to [selectors.None]
@@ -376,11 +391,15 @@ const (
 	ExchangeMail          exchangeCategory = "ExchangeMail"
 	ExchangeMailFolder    exchangeCategory = "ExchangeFolder"
 	ExchangeUser          exchangeCategory = "ExchangeUser"
+	// append new data cats here
+
 	// filterable topics identified by exchange
 	ExchangeFilterMailSender         exchangeCategory = "ExchangeFilterMailSender"
 	ExchangeFilterMailSubject        exchangeCategory = "ExchangeFilterMailSubject"
 	ExchangeFilterMailReceivedAfter  exchangeCategory = "ExchangeFilterMailReceivedAfter"
 	ExchangeFilterMailReceivedBefore exchangeCategory = "ExchangeFilterMailReceivedBefore"
+	ExchangeFilterContactName        exchangeCategory = "ExchangeFilterContactName"
+	// append new filter cats here
 )
 
 // exchangePathSet describes the category type keys used in Exchange paths.
@@ -407,7 +426,7 @@ func (ec exchangeCategory) String() string {
 // Ex: ExchangeUser.leafCat() => ExchangeUser
 func (ec exchangeCategory) leafCat() categorizer {
 	switch ec {
-	case ExchangeContact, ExchangeContactFolder:
+	case ExchangeContact, ExchangeContactFolder, ExchangeFilterContactName:
 		return ExchangeContact
 	case ExchangeMail, ExchangeMailFolder, ExchangeFilterMailReceivedAfter,
 		ExchangeFilterMailReceivedBefore, ExchangeFilterMailSender, ExchangeFilterMailSubject:
@@ -606,6 +625,8 @@ func (s ExchangeScope) matchesInfo(info *details.ExchangeInfo) bool {
 	i := ""
 
 	switch filterCat {
+	case ExchangeFilterContactName:
+		i = info.ContactName
 	case ExchangeFilterMailSender:
 		i = info.Sender
 	case ExchangeFilterMailSubject:
diff --git a/src/pkg/selectors/exchange_test.go b/src/pkg/selectors/exchange_test.go
index af3f19e07..53212aa40 100644
--- a/src/pkg/selectors/exchange_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/selectors/exchange_test.go
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ func (suite *ExchangeSelectorSuite) TestExchangeScope_MatchesInfo() {
 	es := NewExchangeRestore()
 
 	const (
+		name    = "smarf mcfnords"
 		sender  = "smarf@2many.cooks"
 		subject = "I have seen the fnords!"
 	)
@@ -655,9 +656,10 @@ func (suite *ExchangeSelectorSuite) TestExchangeScope_MatchesInfo() {
 		now   = time.Now()
 		then  = now.Add(1 * time.Minute)
 		info  = &details.ExchangeInfo{
-			Sender:   sender,
-			Subject:  subject,
-			Received: now,
+			Sender:      sender,
+			Subject:     subject,
+			Received:    now,
+			ContactName: name,
 		}
 	)
 
@@ -681,6 +683,9 @@ func (suite *ExchangeSelectorSuite) TestExchangeScope_MatchesInfo() {
 		{"mail received before the epoch", es.MailReceivedBefore(common.FormatTime(epoch)), assert.False},
 		{"mail received before now", es.MailReceivedBefore(common.FormatTime(now)), assert.False},
 		{"mail received before sometime later", es.MailReceivedBefore(common.FormatTime(then)), assert.True},
+		{"contact with a different name", es.ContactName("blarps"), assert.False},
+		{"contact with the same name", es.ContactName(name), assert.True},
+		{"contact with a subname search", es.ContactName(name[2:5]), assert.True},
 	}
 	for _, test := range table {
 		suite.T().Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {