penders@netcom.COM (Joe Penders) (06/10/91)
Is there a easy way to find Email addresses for company's and there employee's Sorry if this is a FAQ but would'nt it be nice if there was a big internet phone book on-line some where. Joe _________________________________________________________________________ Flames & Email to: penders@netcom.com _______________________________________________________________________________
barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) (06/10/91)
In article <1991Jun9.224828.11954@netcom.COM> penders@netcom.COM (Joe Penders) writes: >Is there a easy way to find Email addresses for company's and there employee's Most companies don't allow their company telephone books to be distributed outside the company, so why would they allow an email directory to be distributed? -- Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
nauen@WRAIR-EMH1.ARMY.MIL ("1159-DIRECTOR/OVERSEAS OPS") (06/13/91)
cc: "penders" <penders@netcom.com>
In <1991Jun9.224828.11954@netcom.COM> penders@netcom.COM (Joe Penders) asks
> Is there a easy way to find Email addresses for company's and there employee's
There is a way to find some e-mail addresses for companies, if they have
registered a domain name with nic.ddn.mil. It's called whois, and can be
used in a couple of different ways, depending on the requester's situation.
From a host on the Internet, some people can simply enter the command
WHOIS character_string, and available records will come back to them.
Exact procedures for using this function should be determined by reviewing
the TCP/IP User's Manual for your host. Alternatively, you can telnet to
nic.ddn.mil and search for character strings interactively. For example,
FALCON_$ telnet nic.ddn.mil
Trying... Open
Connected to SRI-NIC.ARPA.
Escape character is '^]'.
* -- DDN Network Information Center --
*
* For TAC news, type: TACNEWS <return>
* For user and host information, type: WHOIS <return>
* For NIC information, type: NIC <return>
*
* For user assistance call (800) 235-3155 or (415) 859-3695
* Report system problems to ACTION@NIC.DDN.MIL or call (415) 859-5921
@Whois netcom.
Netcom - Online Communication Services (NET-NETCOM) NETCOM 192.100.81.0
NETCOM - Online Communication Services (NETCOM) NETCOM.NETCOM.COM
192.100.81.100
Netcom - Online Communication Services (NETCOM-DOM) NETCOM.COM
Netcom - Online Communication Services (NETCOMSV) NETCOMSV.NETCOM.COM
192.100.81.101
SRI-NIC WHOIS 3.5(1090)-1 on Wed, 12 Jun 91 14:16:37 PDT, load 11.58
Enter a handle, name, mailbox, or other field, optionally preceded
by a keyword, like "host sri-nic". Type "?" for short, 2-page
details, "HELP" for full documentation, or hit RETURN to exit.
---> Do ^E to show search progress, ^G to abort a search or output <---
Whois:
BITNET, UUCP, and other users who are not "on" the Internet can obtain the
same information, albeit more slowly, by sending mail
To: service@nic.ddn.mil
Subj: whois <character_string>
The facility finds only strings occurring at the beginning of one of the
record fields. It would not have found any of the above records in response
to a search for either "online" or "communication". Better results are
usually obtained by including a ".", e.g., whois netcom., to indicate a
partial string, so as to obtain such variations as "netcomA" or "netcom1".
A second query asking whois !netcom-dom will produce the full record,
including names and e-mail addresses of domain contacts
Whois: !netcom-dom
Netcom - Online Communication Services (NETCOM-DOM)
P.O. Box 20774
San Jose, CA 95160
Domain Name: NETCOM.COM
Administrative Contact:
Rieger, Bob (BR166) BOBR@NETCOM.COM (408) 984-7524
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Moffett, Gordon (GM268) GAM@NETCOM.COM (408) 984-7524
Record last updated on 16-May-91.
Would you like to see the known hosts under this secondary domain? no
Whois: exit
@logout
Killed Job 65, TTY 203, at 12-Jun-91 14:25:18
Used 0:00:03 in 0:09:15
Connection closed to SRI-NIC.ARPA
These contacts are _not_ necessarily the people who answer inquiries about
employees' e-mail addresses. However, a polite inquiry to postmaster@
the same host, giving as much information as available about the employee's
name, organizational location, phone number, etc., will usually be answered.
If not, then another polite inquiry to the Technical Contact, mentioning no
response from postmaster, should be acceptable.
Ric <nauen@wrair-emh1.army.mil> <nauen%wrmain.decnet@detrick-emh1.army.mil>
^^^^^Walter Reed Army Institute of Researchxcaret@csn.org (Xcaret Research) (06/14/91)
In article <1991Jun9.224828.11954@netcom.COM> penders@netcom.COM (Joe Penders) writes: > >Is there a easy way to find Email addresses for company's and there employee's > >Sorry if this is a FAQ but would'nt it be nice if there was a big internet > >phone book on-line some where. > > > Joe > >_________________________________________________________________________ NetFind, from Xcaret Research, Inc., is a whitepages service for the Internet. Given a person's name and location or organization, NetFind returns their Internet electronic mail (email) address. NetFind differs from other whitepages facilities by offering fast and up to date service from your own machine. NetFind runs from the UNIX command line. To find John Smith at Bigstate University, you just type: % netfind smith bigstate NetFind returns the email address. Its that simple. NetFind operates on a Sun3 or Sun4 computer running SunOS 4.0 or later with access to the Internet. Uses only 4MB of disk space. Since NetFind runs from the command line, you can use NetFind from any remote terminal, Mac or PC that accesses a Sun. NetFind uses a unique method to actively search the Internet for your target. It does not attempt to keep a database of users across the Internet; that would be quite large and constantly out of date. Instead, NetFind uses the natural database of the Internet itself: it sends multiple parallel requests across the Internet to machines where it suspects the target may reside. NetFind queries these machines for the name you provide as well as for leads on other machines nearby. NetFind in turn searches these discovered machines and so on down the hierarchy until the address is found or there are no more machines to search. The whole process is surprisingly fast, because NetFind sends searches out in parallel. NetFind uses a reference file for domains and a location index. They take up about 3MB. The first file is a partial list of Internet domains. NetFind uses this list to prime its search. The list is by no means all of the computers it can search. Rather, it will use the information obtained from querying those machines to further its search. The second file is an index of location words. When you say: % netfind smith bigstate NetFind looks in this index for "bigstate". Then it resolves the information it sees with specific machines in the domain file and begins its search. So, the whole process goes from location word to index to domain file and then in parallel searches throughout the Internet. The name can be either a last name or a username. The location words are generally geographical or organizational (i.e., switzerland or sun) and can be combined to narrow the search (i.e., netfind smith bigstate university ). NetFind is sold with a single user license for $159. Please call for educational discounts and site licensing. You may order by phone, e- mail or postal mail (include P.O. number, check or credit card). Please specify your domain name, Sun3 or Sun4, and the format (electronic, floppy, 60MB, or 150MB tape). We don't charge for floppies, but cartridge tapes are an additional $30 to cover cost. Xcaret Research, Inc. 2060 Broadway, Suite 320 Boulder, CO 80302 (800) 736-1285 netfind@xcaret.com chibacity:jgore%