Email Interface to the NA-NET Whitepages

Querying the Whitepages Database

To find out information about a person, send mail to na.whois@na-net.ornl.gov. In the message body or on the subject line specify the person's first name and last name, or just the last name. The order of first name and last name does not matter. For example, to find out more about Jack Dongarra:

        mail to: na.whois@na-net.ornl.gov
        Subject: 

        Jack Dongarra

or

        mail to: na.whois@na-net.ornl.gov
        Subject: jack dongarra

        <null body>

Keyword searching is also possible. For example, to find out more information about all people who are interested in parallel, send the following message:

        mail to: na.whois@na-net.ornl.gov
        Subject:

        Keyword: parallel

This query does a string search for the pattern parallel on all fields other than the name fields.

As another example, to find out more about all people who live in Knoxville:

        mail to: na.whois@na-net.ornl.gov
        Subject:

        Keyword: Knoxville

This query does a string search on all fields other than the name fields for the pattern Knoxville.

Joining the Whitepages

To join the NA-NET Whitepages, send mail to na.join-wp@na-net.ornl.gov. In the message body, specify the two mandatory fields and as many of the optional fields as you want.

        Mandatory
        ---------
        Last_name: <your last name>
        First_name: <your first name>

        Optional
        --------
        Middle_name:
        Other_name:
        Affiliation:
        Office_address:
        City_state_zip:
        Country:
        Office_phone:
        Research:
        Home_address:
        Home_phone:
        Fax:
        E_mail_address:
        Other:

The fields can be specified in any order. The subject line of your message will be ignored. All fields are entered into the database as characters, so spaces can be used for readability. All fields except first_name, last_name, and middle_namecan be multiple lines. A multiple-line field ends when the next keyword (e.g., ``Country:'') is encountered. Each line should end with a carriage return. If your first_nameand last_namecombination is not unique, send mail to nanet@na-net.ornl.gov, and your name will be manually inserted into the Whitepages Database in spite of the duplication. Such duplication will not cause any problems for people querying the Whitepages Database because the database is set up to return information on all people with a given last name, first_name, or combination. An acknowledgment to your join request will be sent back to you confirming that the operation was successful.

Removing your Whitepages entry

To remove your entry from the NA-NET Whitepages Database, send mail to na.remove-wp@na-net.ornl.gov. In the message body, specify the following two fields:

        Last_name: <your last name>
        First_name: <your first name>

The values can be specified in any order. The subject line of your message will be ignored. An acknowledgment message will be sent to both the address requesting the removal and to the address listed in the Whitepages Database.

Changing fields

To change the value of a field, to add a field, or to delete a field, send mail to na.change-wp@na-net.ornl.gov. In the message body, specify the following two fields:

        Last_name: <your last name>
        First_name: <your first name>