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popcorn
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How do you locate the e-mail address of a friend on the net?
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Apr 18 02:26 UTC 1994 |
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kentn
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response 1 of 25:
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Apr 18 04:44 UTC 1994 |
telnet bruno.cs.colorado.edu
login: netfind
(no password)
I have that in my daily planner as the "White Pages" for the Internet.
Haven't tried it recently, though.
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scg
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response 2 of 25:
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Apr 18 04:54 UTC 1994 |
Netfind is my usual technique too, but I generally use netfind.oc.com.
There are also lots of other netfind servers. You will be shown the list
if you log into one.
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cicero
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response 3 of 25:
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Apr 18 05:30 UTC 1994 |
On MSU-gopher network resources/by type/archie servers/at&t archie server
login as guest NOT as archie. They've got 3 servers there: netfind,
whois, and x-500. Try all three! Another way that works for me sometimes
is to see if the school has a gopher system and then get into their gopher
and then look up the person in the schools own directory.
There are also some other gopher thingies for looking up people at various
schools I think, but I forget where they are.
Good Luck!
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curby
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response 4 of 25:
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Apr 18 05:39 UTC 1994 |
If you know the name of the school, I would try the "netmailsites" from
the hermes.merit.edu "which host?" prompt. It has always been a reliable
information source, but it requires a little patience to find the right
name combination.
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rcurl
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response 5 of 25:
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Apr 18 05:42 UTC 1994 |
I could not find myself at the UM, either at @um, or @engin, with
netfind.oc.com (it said their name servers weren't responding), but
had no trouble at grex. x-500 should have worked, but I didn't try
it. Nothing is "infallible".
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davel
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response 6 of 25:
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Apr 18 10:08 UTC 1994 |
It is going to take quite a while before there's something like a nationwide
internet white pages server, but I think one's likely to turn up eventually.
I recently tried using finger & whois to look at my brother-in-law at
(whatever that school is named). I *have* his email address, but the
machine refuses finger && whois queries. If you can locate the machine,
you can try emailing postmaster. But why not just ask your sister to
find out & let you know, Valerie? It's likely to be easier for her than
for you.
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kentn
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response 7 of 25:
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Apr 18 12:26 UTC 1994 |
There's a flyer/faq at UM about this. The bottom line in that paper is
something like call them on the phone & ask them to send you an e-mail
message...
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kaplan
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response 8 of 25:
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Apr 18 17:14 UTC 1994 |
Why didn't you just tell her to mail to popcorn@cyberspace.org? Do you
expect that she'll have an easier time figuring out how to get mail from
you than sending it to you?
I'll go ahead and link this to Internet.
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kaplan
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response 9 of 25:
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Apr 18 17:16 UTC 1994 |
I should say I've linked it from info 140 to internet 45.
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popcorn
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response 10 of 25:
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Apr 19 03:11 UTC 1994 |
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popcorn
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response 11 of 25:
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Apr 19 03:26 UTC 1994 |
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randall
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response 12 of 25:
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Apr 19 07:33 UTC 1994 |
doesn't pher access e-mail phone books and all that stuff? I found lots
of people across the country, with it.
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curby
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response 13 of 25:
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Apr 19 12:48 UTC 1994 |
popcorn:
I hope that this helps.
--------------------netmailsites info------------------------
:Enter the name of a site -> hunter
There are 2 sites found for HUNTER
Bitnet Sites:
HUNTER City University of New York CUNY Hunter
College
UUCP Sites:
xdos Hunter Systems Inc.
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popcorn
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response 14 of 25:
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Apr 21 00:02 UTC 1994 |
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scg
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response 15 of 25:
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Apr 21 01:58 UTC 1994 |
Gopher, I assume.
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mneme
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response 16 of 25:
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May 4 22:51 UTC 1994 |
It's likeley to be on cunyvm.cuny.edu, as that's the only machine that
Hunter gives it's student accounts on. Often, they use an initial naming
system, where the first three letters are the initial, first two letters of
the first name with first of last name, or first letter of first name with
first two letters of last name (depending on if there is a middle
name/collision The fourth and fifth letters are hc for hunter college (or
differen if from a different school). If you give me her full name, I can try
to look it up, if it was that recent, it should be posted. And cunyvm doesn't
accept finger connects, natch.
mneme (AKA, when I'm being masochistic, jokhc@cunyvm.cuny.edu)
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headdoc
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response 17 of 25:
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May 17 00:07 UTC 1994 |
Does anyone know how to get an e-mail address for someone who is using
America On Line? I have his loggin name but dont know what goes after
the @ sign. Thanks in advance.
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scg
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response 18 of 25:
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May 17 00:57 UTC 1994 |
aol.com
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headdoc
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response 19 of 25:
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May 18 00:20 UTC 1994 |
Thanks steve. Ill try it now.
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holycow
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response 20 of 25:
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Dec 5 17:28 UTC 1996 |
What about people at big corporations? It seems a lot easier to get phone
numbers for these people than their logins. Are corporate logins shrouded
in secrecy for some reason or are they just not yet with it?
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kentn
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response 21 of 25:
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Dec 6 01:57 UTC 1996 |
Hmm...firewalls? Corporate policy on the use of e-mail? One
oft-recommended method of getting such a person's e-mail address is just
as you say: reach them via some other means (snail mail or telephone call)
and ask them to send an e-mail message to you. I suspect, in general,
big cos. are sick of being mail-bombed or of being sent unsolicited
e-mail (trying to sell them something or otherwise get something out
of them), such that they tend to guard their domains rather jealously.
E-mail can be a big time-waster for employees, also, especially since
it is easily used for personal correspondence. In that case, there may
be severe penalties for the employee, making them less likely to give
out e-mail addresses to friends and acquaintances. The "not yet with
it" hypothesis may also be true. Believe it or not, many companies are
just now finding out about the uses of the Internet (and even so, many
do not believe--often with good justification--that a presence there is
worth all the trouble). I've also seen companies that received their
e-mail through an ISP rather than have it sent to their own domain.
You might not even know enough to guess which ISP...
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srw
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response 22 of 25:
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Dec 15 18:11 UTC 1996 |
You can often get an e-mail address by writing to postmaster@site, even if
it is a big corporation. If you don't know the site, try the whowhere web
search engine. It has a lot, but by no means most e-mail adresses.
http://whowhere.com/
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tsty
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response 23 of 25:
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Mar 6 08:45 UTC 1997 |
adn this is the listing for us ...up there <<?detroit?>>
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robh
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response 24 of 25:
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Mar 6 19:37 UTC 1997 |
Great, no wonder webmaster gets all the staff-related mail.
Couldn't be bothered to use staff@cyberspace.org instead, huh?
Twits.
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