Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!wuarchive!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnewsh!hosmsb!msb From: msb@hosmsb.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Where is David Korn? Message-ID: <1990Dec27.175227.23278@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 27 Dec 90 17:52:27 GMT References: <8425@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> <1990Dec21.185909.5573@ms.uky.edu> Sender: msb@cbnewsh.att.com (michael.s.balenger) Reply-To: msb@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories -- Holmdel, NJ Lines: 52 In-Reply-To: morgan@ms.uky.edu's message of 21 Dec 90 18:59:09 GMT >>>>> On 21 Dec 90 18:59:09 GMT, morgan@ms.uky.edu (Wes Morgan) said: morgan> You can refine your search by using first names and middle initials morgan> . You can, therefore, send mail to: morgan> Shmo@att.com, or morgan> Joe.Shmo@att.com, or even morgan> Joe.B.Shmo@att.com morgan> DISCLAIMER: This information came from postmaster@att.att.com morgan> about eight months ago. The additional "att." is unnecessary -- "postmaster@att.com" is OK, just like the above addresses. morgan> This service worked as advertised at that time. I can't vouch morgan> for its current status. It still works! Unfortunately, lots of parents named their kids without thinking about the importance of unique identifiers :-) Some additional help: o the directory search is case insensittive (i.e. "M.Balenger" or "m.balenger") o "." or "_" works for separators (i.e. "m_s_balenger" or "m.s.balenger" o "~" is some kind of fuzzy match (i.e. "balenger~") but watch out, this can be a voluminous multi-match (359 entries, 99 unique last names in this case -- matching such seemingly useful hints as belanger, ballenger, bellinger, billinger, billingham, but also some seemingly unrelated ones, too: bilmazes, blonsky bowling, blunk, and blomgren) o /state=nj, /area=201 (as in area code), /exch=949 (as in phone exchange), /ext=8789 (as in phone extension), /zip=07733 (as in postal zip code), /zip=077 can be useful to limit the match if such demographic info is known. (i.e. balenger/area=201, or balenger/zip=077). Notice that zip being a prefix match is sometimes useful. Hope this helps you to "Reach out and grep someone"! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael S. Balenger (908) 949-8789 AT&T Bell Labs M_Balenger@att.com Room 1L-405 msb@hos1cad.att.com Crawfords Corner Road att!hos1cad!msb Holmdel, NJ 07733-1988