WHOIS
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... WHOIS - E-mail white pages ...
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WHOIS is a program available on many workstation/mini/mainframe
computers that can connect to another computer. By supplying a
persons name, it will respond with information it has on the person.
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... finger does the same type of thing, except
it only supplies information on individuals with an account on that
specific computer. A WHOIS database generally is contains
information on most of the individuals at a university, not just on
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In a larger sense WHOIS is a technique for finding a person's e-mail
address. There is no master list of e-mail addresses on the network ...
... WHOIS List ...
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The following is a list of universities that have a WHOIS service
working. A more complete list has been collected by Matt Power of
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... get whois-servers.list
The following is a short list of WHOIS servers.
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... Telnet to osu.edu
Use WHOIS command whois -h osu.edu
Enter firstname.lastname
Example: whois -h osu.edu jerry.smith
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Use WHOIS command whois -h oregon.uoregon.edu
Enter firstname.lastname
Example: whois -h oregon.uoregon.edu Rose.Smith
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Use WHOIS command whois -h whois.virginia.edu
Enter lastname, firstname middlename
Example: whois -h whois.virginia.edu Smith, John James
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Use WHOIS command whois -h whois.upenn.edu
Enter lastname, firstname
Example: whois -h whois.upenn.edu Smith, Judy
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Use WHOIS command whois -h wisc.edu
Enter firstname lastname
Example: whois -h wisc.edu Jane Smith
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Use WHOIS command whois -h mit.edu
Enter firstname_lastname
Example: whois -h mit.edu Robert_Smith
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Use WHOIS command whois -h iugate.ucs.indiana.edu
Enter firstname_lastname
Example: whois -h iugate.ucs.indiana.edu Gerald_Smith
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Use WHOIS command whois -h stanford.edu
Enter firstname lastname
Example: whois -h stanford.edu "shirley smith"
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Use WHOIS command whois -h ucdavis.edu
Enter lastname,firstname
Example: whois -h ucdavis.edu smith,sandra
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Use WHOIS command whois -h sangam.ernet.in help
(will give the help screen with examples)
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