6.995, FYI: Finding Email Addresses

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-995. Thu Jul 20 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  74
 
Subject: 6.995, FYI: Finding Email Addresses
 
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Date:  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 16:29:50 +0200
From:  magnuson at hip.atr.co.jp (James Magnuson)
Subject:  finding email addresses:  advice
 
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Date:  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 16:29:50 +0200
From:  magnuson at hip.atr.co.jp (James Magnuson)
Subject:  finding email addresses:  advice
 
 
 
There seem to be pretty frequent requests for email addresses
on the Linguist List.  People with Unix accounts can use
the "finger" command to look up addresses -- if they know
the name and affiliation of the person they're looking for
(others may have access to some sort of finger utility).
 
For example, there was a recent request for the internet
address of someone whose bitnet address is ESCATTON at ALBNYVMS
 
Here's how I used finger to find his internet address:
 
 finger ESCATTON at ALBNYVMS
finger: ALBNYVMS: unknown host
 
 finger ESCATTON at ALBNYVMS.edu
finger: ALBNYVMS.edu: unknown host
 
Well, ALBNYVMS doesn't sound very internet-like, so let's
start guessing:
 
 finger scatton at albany.edu
[albany.edu]
(There is no account SCATTON on this node.)
 
         Name:  Ernest Scatton
        Title:  Professor, German and Slavic Languages + Literat
      Address:  Humanities 246
                University at Albany
                1400 Washington Av
                Albany NY 12222-0001
        Phone:  +1 518-442-4224
       Bitnet:  ESCATTON at ALBNYVMS
     Internet:  escatton at cnsvax.albany.edu
 
There it is.  If you have less information -- for example,
you know the person is somewhere in New York state, but not
where exactly -- you can use one of the "white pages"
services available.  A good starting point is:
http://home.netscape.com/commun/internet_white_pages.html
 
Happy hunting!
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