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How to find MAIL ADDRESSES at other sites Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find out the names of the computers at other sites, or people's usernames there. This is because of the way the network is set up, however, there are some things you can do. It is often easier for others to reach MIT than for us to reach them. It may be easier for you to call or write the person you wish to reach, given them your email address (username@MIT.EDU) and have them send you mail; you can then reply to that. If the person you're looking for is at a college, one thing to try is to look in the file "/mit/consult/doc/mail_to_colleges". To do this, type the following at the athena% prompt: attach consult more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-1 more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-2 more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-3 more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-4 In this file, there is a list of many universities and the common E-mail addresses they use. If you have problems accessing this file, try: more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-1.bak more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-2.bak more /mit/consult/doc/college-email-3.bak There is also a file that describes ways of finding email addresses in general, although it contains some suggestions that are not applicable in the athena environment. To read it, type: attach consult more /mit/consult/doc/finding_addresses If you have troubles viewing this file, type: more /mit/consult/doc/finding_addresses.bak However, If you need to find the name or location of a machine on the MILNET, BITNET, or some other networks (not including UUCP), we have a network directory available. It is not complete, but it can give you a start. To access it, type: attach net-directory This directory contains the network directory produced at the University of Texas. It lives in /mit/net-directory/net-dir and contains six parts: net.directory.part1 through net.directory.part6. The UUCP maps are in the directory /mit/net-directory/maps/uucp. Please *do not* copy these files to your own account; you will just waste disk space. Instead, you can look at them in /mit/net-directory and search for the machine you want. For example, suppose I want to find a BITNET machine in Alaska: more /mit/net-directory/net-dir/net.directory.part3 /Alaska and more displays, at the top of the page: ALASKA; no aliases; 1263; DEC VAX 8600; VMS; JNET/PUNCH, PUNCH, PUNCH; University of Alaska Computer Network, Computer Network, Fairbanks, AK 99775 USA; Kurt Carlson, SXKAC@ALASKA, +907-474-6266; BITNET For more information about these files, type: more /mit/net-directory/README after you have done the "attach net-directory". There also exists a tool that will make searching the above directories easier. For more information about it, type: add consult man net_lookup To search for the keyword "albany", for example, type: add consult net_lookup albany last updated: 6/12/95 |
