Top Document: soc.culture.japan FAQ [Monthly Posting] [3/3] Previous Document: (7.1) How to get Internet access in Japan Next Document: (7.3) How can I read or write Japanese on my computer? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Last update: 3/2000 One of the most frequent asked questions (FAQ) in this group has been: "Does anybody know the e-mail address to xxx in Japan?" While there's no foolproof way, oftentimes you can guess an email address from the recipient's affiliation. The translation from affiliation to email domain can be made with the help of the standard list of active domains in Japan. As an example, to contact someone at Akita University, you might try loginname@akita-u.ac.jp where "loginname" is something reasonable like the person's last name, their first initial followed by last name, etc. If that doesn't work and you know the person is in, say, the CS department, you might try loginname@cs.akita-u.ac.jp A list of active domains is also available for anonymous FTP from <ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/japan/email.domains>. THIS CAN BE VERY USEFUL if you're trying to guess at an address. Another service you may want to try out is Netfind. Netfind tries to locate a host and login name based on the name and the location of the person. Telnet to bruno.cs.colorado.edu, login as netfind, and follow the directions. While there aren't all that many posters from Japan, if you find a poster at a probable site, you may want to email the person and ask for help. Of course, this may or may not bring about anything. If all else fails, sending a query to the loginname "postmaster" at that site will usually elicit a response. Do not abuse this option, as postmasters tend to be very overworked sysadmins. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: soc.culture.japan FAQ [Monthly Posting] [3/3] Previous Document: (7.1) How to get Internet access in Japan Next Document: (7.3) How can I read or write Japanese on my computer? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: shimpei@gol.com (Shimpei Yamashita)
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