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In order to send mail to someone else in the Math Department,
you can address them with their login name. In order to find out
a person's username, use the finger <name>
command. For example, to find the mail address of Tim Kohl, use
:
math joe % finger tkohl
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since May 27 10:01:26 on pts/23 from math60-075.bu.edu
1 day 21 hours Idle Time
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since May 26 12:04:58 on pts/56 from math60-075.bu.edu
23 hours Idle Time
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since Jun 2 13:41:36 on pts/63 from math-xt15.bu.edu
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since Jun 2 13:41:36 on pts/10 from math-xt15.bu.edu
11 seconds Idle Time
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since May 26 12:05:35 on pts/74 from math60-075.bu.edu
54 minutes Idle Time
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since May 26 12:04:58 on pts/25 from math60-075.bu.edu
23 hours Idle Time
Login name: tkohl In real life: Tim Kohl
Directory: /home/tkohl Shell: /bin/tcsh
On since May 26 12:04:49 on dtremote from math60-075.bu.edu:0
4 minutes 26 seconds Idle Time
This response tells you what the person's login name is. This
is the name you use when sending mail. In the above example, the
username is tkohl.
Tim Kohl
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