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From: scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Suggestion for next Elm release
Keywords: finger elm
Message-ID: <3869@itivax.iti.org>
Date: 21 Sep 89 19:56:44 GMT
References: <291@van-bc.UUCP> <3832@itivax.iti.org> <292@van-bc.UUCP>
Organization: Industrial Technology Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.
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sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes:

>In article <3832@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve Simmons) writes:
>>
>>I think this is overkill and non-portable.  On hosts which support
>>the finger command already, the keystrokes !finger will do what you
>>want. . .

>Hm, I just tried !finger from the elm command line and got a list of the
>users running on van-bc. Not quite what I wanted or suggested. 

So shoot me for brevity  :-).  Try
  !finger scs@itivax.iti.org
if you're on the internet, and you'll get what you're looking for.

>And try typing that from memory without making a mistake.

True, but is this feature worth the trouble of duplicating finger?  For
the purposes you mention (finding out if someone is at their desk) how
often will you have to type 'user@site'?  And what about mailers which
do 'hidden-net' and hide the actual host from you?
-- 
Steve Simmons		          scs@vax3.iti.org
Industrial Technology Institute     Ann Arbor, MI.
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