DYNAMIC Netfind from WWW

Arnold Bloemer (bloemer)
23 Apr 93 7:42


DYNAMIC netfind

This WAIS server performs Netfind searches. It uses the waisserver
from the Dynamic WAIS prototype at the University of Colorado in
Boulder. To use this WAIS server: supply keywords for a Netfind
search. A list of matching domains will be returned as relevant
documents. Choose one of the domains to retrieve the results from a
Netfind search for that domain. Due to the strict query format for
Netfind, keywords must be in the format: name key key...

For example, to find information about Darren Hardy at the University
of Colorado in Boulder, use the keywords 'hardy boulder colorado' or
'hardy boulder colorado computer science'.

In order to use X WAIS with the Dynamic WAIS server you can apply the
patch for xwais found in the Dynamic WAIS distribution. It's a simple
one-line patch to xwais. Or you can add a text viewer to your filters
preference (either in the Xwais.filters resource or with the \

This database is maintained by hardy@cs.colorado.edu on host ftp.cs.colorado.edu.

(The search matches your words against full document text. Access to this index is
provided by the WWW to WAIS gateway. Please specify search words to find
documents. For other databases, see the directory of servers.)

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Example:

winston ai mit

( 0) check_name: checking domain ai.mit.edu. Level = 0
MAIL FOR Patrick H. Winston IS FORWARDED TO phw@ai.mit.edu
NOTE: this is a domain mail forwarding arrangement - so mail intended
for "winston" should be addressed to "winston@ai.mit.edu".

SYSTEM: ai.mit.edu
Login name: phw In real life: Patrick H. Winston
Directory: /home/c2/phw Shell: /usr/local/bin/tcsh
Never logged in.
New mail received Thu Apr 22 21:40:13 1993;
unread since Thu Apr 22 17:06:25 1993
No Plan.

SUMMARY:
- The most promising email address for "winston"
based on the above search is
winston@ai.mit.edu.