diff --git a/cds/modules/deposit/api.py b/cds/modules/deposit/api.py
index 332bdbce6..1b3dc4f84 100644
--- a/cds/modules/deposit/api.py
+++ b/cds/modules/deposit/api.py
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
     "_project_id",
     "doi",
     "_eos_library_path",
+    "legacy_recid",
+    "_curation"
 )
 
 
diff --git a/cds/modules/ldap/client.py b/cds/modules/ldap/client.py
index 79c9cb720..03fd57c1a 100644
--- a/cds/modules/ldap/client.py
+++ b/cds/modules/ldap/client.py
@@ -121,6 +121,18 @@ def search_users_by_name(self, name):
         return [x[1] for x in res]
 
     def search_egroup_by_email(self, email):
+        # Return if exact full mail match
+        exact_mail = f"{email}@cern.ch" if "@" not in email else email
+        exact_filter = f"(mail={exact_mail})"
+        msgid = self.ldap.search_ext(
+            self.LDAP_EGROUP_BASE,
+            ldap.SCOPE_ONELEVEL,
+            exact_filter,
+            self.LDAP_EGROUP_RESP_FIELDS,
+        )
+        exact_res = self.ldap.result(msgid=msgid)[1]
+        exact_entries = [x[1] for x in exact_res]
+
         name_filter = "(&(mail={email}*))"
         self.ldap.search_ext(
             self.LDAP_EGROUP_BASE,
@@ -129,11 +141,22 @@ def search_egroup_by_email(self, email):
             self.LDAP_EGROUP_RESP_FIELDS,
             serverctrls=[
                 ldap.controls.SimplePagedResultsControl(
-                    True, size=7, cookie=""
+                    True, size=10, cookie=""
                 )
             ],
         )
 
         res = self.ldap.result()[1]
+        prefix_entries = [x[1] for x in res]
 
-        return [x[1] for x in res]
+        # Remove duplicates
+        seen = set()
+        result = []
+
+        for entry in exact_entries + prefix_entries:
+            mail = entry["mail"][0]
+            if mail not in seen:
+                seen.add(mail)
+                result.append(entry)
+
+        return result