From: sanjay@socs.uts.edu.au (Sanjay Jha)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: METHODS TO FIND SOMEONE FOR NEWUSERS.
Date: 23 Jun 92 07:57:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: syzygy.sanjay.709286231

Ignore if you are familiar with these methods.

Recently I had broadcasted to find someone and was flamed.
This happens when you are a new user and don't know the exact
methods and netiquettes . The bandwidth(or cost ) involved is
really expensive.Best way is to read the group news.answers
which has many good information for newusers.Here is an  excerpt
from one of the broadcasts from that group.


			      Techniques

*. College Email Addresses

  The posting entitled "College Email Addresses" in the soc.college
newsgroup describes the account and E-mail address policies for
graduate and undergraduate students at many universities and colleges.

*. Inter-Network Mail Guide

  If you know which network/service your target has an account on
(e.g. CompuServe, Fidonet), then the "Inter-Network Mail Guide"
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*. Usenet-addresses server

  If you think that your target may be on the USENET and may have
posted a message to the USENET at some point in the past, you might be
able to find his/her address in the USENET address database on the
machine pit-manager.mit.edu.

  To query the database, send an E-mail message to
"mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu" with "send usenet-addresses/name" in
the body or subject of the message.  The "name" should be one or more
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*. Other whois databases.

  Quite a few other sites also run "whois" databases that can be
connected to over the Internet using the whois protocol.  Some of
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  There are several other directory services you may be able to use to
search for your target.

*. Netfind

  Netfind is a "white pages" service that allows you to query one
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*. Knowbot Information Service

  The "Knowbot Information Service" (KIS) is another white pages
service.
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*. Direct contact

  If you have a paper mail address or telephone number for your
target, call them or write to them and ask for an E-mail address.

*. The last resort -- soc.net-people

  If all the methods above have failed, you can consider posting a
message to soc.net-people asking for help locating your target.
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TRY NOT TO POST TEST MESSAGES IN THIS GROUP. IT IS A MAJOR
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NETIQUETTE FAUX PAS. THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS MEANT FOR THIS.
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e.g. alt.test   misc.test

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hope this helps. 
-arun
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