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Electronic mail addresses
An electronic address identifies your “home” in
the computer world, just as your street address
identifies your home in the real world. If you
want to use a computer to send and receive
electronic mail, you must first have a home.
Logon-ID and the node
Electronic addresses are typically made up of
two parts: a logon-ID and a node. The logon-ID
identifies you and your home. The node identi
fies the computer where your home
resides. (Synonyms for logon-ID
include userid and
username.) For example, in
the electronic address,
C 1 B6760 @ ACS .TAMU.EDU,
C1B6760 identifies the person
and acs.tamu.edu identifies
the computer on which this
person has an account. When
you send electronic mail,
software on your own system looks at the
node—the name of the recipient’s
computer—and figures out how to route
your mail towards that destination. When
the mail arrives, software on the target
system looks at the first part of the
address—your logon-ID—and figures out
how to deliver the mail to the recipient.
Nodes and networks
Electronic mail addresses identify
networks. Often, the form of the
electronic mail address will give
you a good indication of the
network where that address resides.
Internet addresses take the form
logonid @node. The node portion of
Internet addresses can take two forms:
•The node portion of the domain address is
almost always made up of multiple words
separated by periods. For example, acs.tamu.edu
•The node form of the IP addresss is a series of
numbers also separated by periods. For ex
ample, 128.194.3.89.
A computer may be on multiple networks at the
same time, so it is possible that the same account
could be referenced by several different address
forms.
Finding electronic
mail addresses
Perhaps one of the most difficult obstacles in
using electronic mail is finding the address of
someone you wish to write. Essentially, you
could compare finding an electronic mail
address with finding someone’s postal address.
Conventional alternatives such as calling the
person and asking for the address will always be
successful. Secondly, the printed 1994-1995
Texas A&M University Campus Directory
provides a section containing faculty/staff elec
tronic mail address listings. However, electronic
alternatives are also available.
Electronic phone directories
If you wanted to find someone’s home address,
one of the first places you would probably look is
in the phone directory. Well, to find an electronic
address, one of the first places to look would be in
an electronic phone directory. Whether you’re
looking for an electronic mail
address, office location, or even a
postal address, it can probabaly be
found in Texas A&M’s electronic
phone directory known as “ph.”
Every person associated with
Texas A&M has an entry in ph.
Something that makes this phone
directory special, though, is that
you maintain most of the
information yourself, including
your electronic mail address.
If you take time to maintain
your electronic mail address
in ph, anyone can look up your
address (and visa/versa) with programs like
Mosaic and Gopher. Ph is another program that
can be used to furnish electronic phonebook
information. For information on using Mosaic,
Gopher, or ph to look up someone’s electronic
mail address, or for information to update
your own entry, see page twenty of
Computing at Texas A&M: A world of
opportunity, which can be found at any CIS
Help Desk, or contact a CIS Help Desk.
\Gopher
But what if the person isn’t at Texas A&M? The
best way to find the electronic directory for
another site is to use the Texas A&M Gopher. (See
page thirty-one of Computing at Texas A&M: A
world of opportunity for more information about
Gopher.) From the Root Menu of the Texas A&M
Gopher, select the menu option Browse Informa
tion by Subject, then select Electronic
Phonebooks—Other Institutions. For more
information about Gopher, contact a CIS Help
Desk.
If you have a question about ph commands, first
try the online help. Once in the interactive mode of
ph, type:
ph > help topic
where "topic" is the command about which you
need more information. Specific questions may be
sent by eJectronic mail to: nameserver@tamu.edu
or call any CIS Help Desk.
Chris Barnes
Customer Help and Training, CIS
KAMU-FM and CIS announce “Gig-A-Bytes”
You may have already heard about the new
call-in radio show, “Gig-A-Bytes,” pro
duced by KAMU-FM 90.9 and CIS. The
weekly half-hour talk show includes a short
news segment, commentary and discussion
among a panel of experts, call-in guests, and
a weekly commentary—all of which concern
general issues related to computing. The
first few shows of “Gig-A-Bytes” will focus
on Internet topics such as Mosaic, electronic
mail, and discussion groups. The March 8th
show, for instance, will focus on the World
Wide Web, one of the most popular and
intriguing features of the Internet. Future topics,
though, will focus on other aspects of computing
beyond the Internet such as ethics in computing,
software, hardware and much more. You don't
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limited to campus issues. So on Wednesdays at
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share your ideas about the Internet!
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to: GIG-A-BYTES@TAMU.EDU.
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