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Re: how to get information about usernames at remoteareas

#4931
From: Steve Groom
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1988 18:43
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In article <6516@dasys1.UUCP> jpr@dasys1.UUCP (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes:
>In article <3979@bsu-cs.UUCP> mysore@bsu-cs.UUCP (Swamy Bale) writes:
>> ... [ wants to know how to get in touch with friend at another school ]
>...
>So write to college!bigshot and ask if there's a login name there for your
>friend littleshot, in which case you've got his address, college!littleshot.

Might I make a suggestion here....

Perhaps instead of asking the SA at your friend's machine for your
friend's login name, you could call up your friend and ask him directly?
Especially if you are still in touch with him.

Please consider this approach before contacting the SA.
-steve
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From: stevo@jane.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Steve Groom)
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Subject: Re: how to get information about usernames at remoteareas
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