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In <1993Jan21.125837.16170@samba.oit.unc.edu>
Gerry.Mulvenna@launchpad.unc.edu (Gerry Mulvenna) writes:

> I would like to get in touch by e-mail with a cousin of mine who works
> for IBM in Gaithersburg, Maryland.  I am assuming that IBM might have
> some lookup facility for e-mail addresses.  I have tried TelNeting to
> the military WHOIS server with no joy. 

That's odd.  When I ask nic.ddn.mil whois ibm, I get 62 responses.  
If I narrow the search by asking whois dom ibm, I get 3 matches: 

Whois: dom ibm
IBM Electronic Vendor Support (SVO-DOM)                           SVO.COM
IBM Information Network (IBMMAIL-DOM)                         IBMMAIL.COM
International Business Machines (IBM-DOM)                         IBM.COM

I would suspect that the full record for either ibmmail-dom or ibm-dom
would give you good addresses for a postmaster inquiry.

However, you can save yourself some time by writing to IBM's server

The WHOIS facility is:   nic@vnet.ibm.com   - with WHOIS lastname, first
as the subject or in the body of the text.  This will only provide the
name of those accessible by vnet.ibm.com (over 15,000 tho) and a couple
of other gateways.  If the IBMer isn't enrolled, you can tell them to
issue the following command to find out how to enroll:
        TELL NIC at INTERNET GET HOWTO INTERNET

Ric <nauen@wrair-emh1.army.mil>  <nauen%wrmain.decnet@detrick-emh1.army.mil>
           ^^^^^Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
        U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command