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1.1     ! root        1: From research!mtune!rutgers!SH.CS.NET!cic Thu Oct  1 06:36:01 1987
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        !             8: Date: Tue, 29 Sep 87 14:25:18 EDT
        !             9: Subject: ns-1 USER NAME SERVER 3.1
        !            10: Reply-To: rutgers!SH.CS.NET!cic
        !            11: From: CSNET INFO SERVER <rutgers!SH.CS.NET!info>
        !            12: To: [email protected]
        !            13: 
        !            14: Request: info
        !            15: Topic: ns-1
        !            16: Document Updated:  4 Dec 86
        !            17: Subject: User Name Server: Introduction
        !            18: ==============================================================================
        !            19: CSNET Coordination and Information Center (CIC)         Hotline: 617/497-2777
        !            20: 10 Moulton Street                                        Email:  [email protected]
        !            21: Cambridge, MA 02238             Info-Server requests to: [email protected]
        !            22: ==============================================================================
        !            23: 
        !            24:    +-------------------------------- NOTE ------------------------------+
        !            25:    | CSNET Service Host:  csnet-sh =    csnet-sh.arpa =   sh.cs.net     |
        !            26:    | CSNET Relay Host:    csnet-relay = csnet-relay.arpa = relay.cs.net |
        !            27:    | CSNET Info-Server:   [email protected] =  [email protected]       |
        !            28:    +--------------------------------------------------------------------+
        !            29: 
        !            30:                   USER NAME SERVER: INTRODUCTION
        !            31: 
        !            32:   NS 3.1 ....................  9  HOW-TO MESSAGES ...........  46
        !            33:   WHO CAN REGISTER? ......... 30  End ....................... 122
        !            34: 
        !            35: 
        !            36: NS 3.1
        !            37: 
        !            38: The central CSNET User Name Server, Version 3.1, on the service host, 
        !            39: SH.CS.NET, is a directory database of users and hosts.  
        !            40: 
        !            41: Any CSNET host that runs the UNIX operating system (BSD 4.1 or 4.2)
        !            42: may receive "Local Agent" software for the User Name Server, at no
        !            43: extra charge.  Version 3.1 of the Local Agent Software, initially
        !            44: available only for 4.2, was released in September 1985.  This version
        !            45: combines the "nicknames" and "mail forwarding" enhancements previously
        !            46: announced as Phase II and Phase III.
        !            47: 
        !            48: On sites with Local Agent software, the 'ns' command runs the User
        !            49: Name Server, which allows you to compose queries or register new users
        !            50: interactively.  Requests are sent to the central Name Server on
        !            51: SH.CS.NET by electronic mail, and the responses are automatically
        !            52: mailed back.  On X25Net or Arpanet hosts, the 'ns' program on the
        !            53: local host connects directly to the central User Name Server, and
        !            54: response is immediate.
        !            55: 
        !            56: 
        !            57: WHO CAN REGISTER?
        !            58: 
        !            59: A CSNET host is a host computer at a CSNET site (i.e., a CSNET member
        !            60: organization) which is able to send mail to the CSNET.  Each CSNET
        !            61: site has one, or at most two, CSNET hosts which have been designated
        !            62: as official CSNET hosts.  On Phonenet sites, the offical CSNET hosts
        !            63: are the only hosts with direct access to the CSNET.  The official
        !            64: hosts may act as gateways between the CSNET and other host computers
        !            65: within the member organization.  This is particularly important when
        !            66: none of the other hosts is on the X25Net or Arpanet.  
        !            67: 
        !            68: Only the official CSNET hosts are registered as "site entries" in the
        !            69: Name Server, but all users at any CSNET host are eligible to register
        !            70: in the CSNET User Name Server.
        !            71: 
        !            72: 
        !            73: HOW-TO MESSAGES
        !            74: 
        !            75: CSNET Info Documents ns-2 through ns-7 explain how you can query the
        !            76: User Name Server, register yourself as a new user, and edit your entry
        !            77: from different types of hosts.  Document ns-8 briefly describes the
        !            78: new features of Version 3.1.
        !            79: 
        !            80: 
        !            81: ns-2.  QUERY with Local Agent or TELNET (Arpanet/X25Net)
        !            82: 
        !            83:         If you are at an X25Net or Arpanet site, you can query the
        !            84:         central User Name Server interactively through Local Agent
        !            85:        Software or by direct TELNET connection.  If you are at a
        !            86:        PHONENET site, you can use the Local Agent Software
        !            87:        interactively; responses from the central User Name Server are
        !            88:        returned by electronic mail.
        !            89: 
        !            90: ns-3.  QUERY by Electronic Mail.
        !            91: 
        !            92:         If your CSNET site has no Local Agent Software and no TELNET
        !            93:        access you can send and receive queries by electronic mail.
        !            94:        You can use this technique on any X25Net or Arpanet site when
        !            95:        you want the results of your queries in message form.
        !            96: 
        !            97: ns-4.  REGISTER on Hosts with Local Agent Software.
        !            98: 
        !            99:         Automatic registration requires the use of Local Agent
        !           100:         Software so that you can be authenticated by your login
        !           101:         identity.  Although you can query the central User Name Server
        !           102:        over a direct TELNET connection, you cannot register yourself
        !           103:        as a new user.  This is a matter of both policy and technical
        !           104:         considerations.
        !           105: 
        !           106: ns-5.  REGISTER Non-Local Users with Local Agent Software.
        !           107: 
        !           108:         If your host does not run the Local Agent Software but the the
        !           109:        software is installed on another CSNET host at your site, your
        !           110:        local Technical Liaison can register you.
        !           111: 
        !           112: ns-6.  REGISTER by Electronic Mail.
        !           113: 
        !           114:        If none of the hosts at your CSNET site run the Local Agent
        !           115:        software, your Technical Liaison can send User Name Server
        !           116:        registrations by electronic mail to the CIC@CSNET-CIC.
        !           117: 
        !           118: ns-7.  EDIT Your Registration, MOVE to Another Host.
        !           119: 
        !           120:         You can edit your registration using Local Agent Software on
        !           121:         the original host at any time.  Your CSNET password allows you
        !           122:        to edit your entry on any host that has Local Agent Software,
        !           123:        or by telnetting to the central User Name Server, on SH.CS.NET
        !           124:        and using the 'ns' login.  If your move to another host, you
        !           125:        can use your CSNET password to move your User Name Server
        !           126:        identity.  This is important if you use the nickname feature.
        !           127: 
        !           128: ns-8.  Nicknames and Mail Forwarding
        !           129: 
        !           130:        With Local Agent Software, you can define personal "nicknames"
        !           131:        for addresses or lists, with the Local Agent Software.  If you
        !           132:        define nicknames for people, and if those people transfer
        !           133:        their accounts to other CSNET hosts and use the MOVE command
        !           134:        to change their NS entries, the Local Agent Software will
        !           135:        automatically forward messages to them.
        !           136: 

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