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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How do I find somebody else's sysadmin?
Summary: where to look, and why you probably shouldn't
Message-ID: <161@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 23 Nov 89 05:15:39 GMT
References: <1989Nov23.034343.4663@athena.mit.edu>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <1989Nov23.034343.4663@athena.mit.edu>
	wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) writes:
>                                                   So, assuming the
>guy's net.ID is "joe_jerk@foo.bar.edu," how do I find out the name and
>address of the system admin at foo.bar.edu?  I suppose I could take a
>potshot and send mail to "sysadmin@foo.bar.edu" and hope to get lucky,

Answer #1:
	Look at the site's map entry (these are posted to the
	newsgroup comp.mail.maps); the #E line is the electronic
	mail address of the contact person.
	postmaster@the.site.name  is always supposed to get to
	SOMEONE on Internet sites.  If you see something from a
	uucp site that's not in the maps, then you DO have good
	reason to "hunt 'em down and kill 'em"--all uucp sites
	are supposed to be registered if their names are at all
	visible to the outside world.
Answer #2:
	Unless you, yourself, personally have good reason to
	complain, don't bother!  You're not the only one reading
	usenet, and the people who know how to handle net.abuse
	have probably already seen--and acted upon--the article
	before you do.  Try talking to your own sysadmin FIRST
	if you're seriously contemplating "getting involved."

					-=EPS=-