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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: configurable delimiters needed in aliases file for x.400 address
Message-ID: <12Hsm3w162w@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 24 Jul 90 02:30:47 GMT
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Organization: The Programmers' Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI
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tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
> What the Net needs is Directory Assistance -- an automated entity to
> ask for machine addresses.
[sample session with Net DA deleted]

If you're on the Internet, you can already do something like this.  Try
telnet'ing to nic.ddn.mil and using the WHOIS server.  It will do
searches such as you describe.

I'm not sure how UUCP-only sites would do this, though.  Maybe someone
would like to set up a mailserver to access the WHOIS server at
nic.ddn.mil?  (I would, but my Internet "access" is a 2400bps dialup
connection that only exists when I need to FTP something or otherwise
use the Internet.)

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