






                CREN/CSNET Coordination and Information Center (CIC)


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            CREN/CSNET Coordination and Information Center (CIC)
            Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc
            10 Moulton Street
            Cambridge MA 02138

            _E_m_a_i_l: cic@sh.cs.net

            _P_h_o_n_e: (617) 873-2777


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The Coordination and Information Center  provides  technical
            and  information support for members of CREN/CSNET.  The CIC
            staff also maintains the following automated services:


            o+    The Info-Server:  info-server@sh.cs.net This  automatic
                 program  distributes documents in response to specially
                 formatted messages.  The documents are  also  available
                 to Internet users through standard anonymous FTP login.

            For instructions about this and other services, send a  mes-
            sage to info-server@sh.cs.net with "HELP" in the body of the
            message.


            o+    The User Name Server:  registrar@sh.cs.net See  section
                 4.4 of the _I_n_t_e_r_n_e_t _R_e_s_o_u_r_c_e _G_u_i_d_e.


            o+    Fixaddr:  fixaddr@relay.cs.net  (or  fixaddr@sh.cs.net)
                 This  program  is  a  helpful  first step in converting
                 mailing lists  to  up-to-date  domain-style  addresses.
                 Send  a  message with a mailing list in the body of the
                 message.  The list should contain one address per line,
                 in     the    form    "user@domain,"    for    example,
                 "socrates@philo.agora.edu".    Fixaddr   will   convert
            _________________________
            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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                 nick-names into official names.  It checks both the DDN
                 NIC  host  table and the Internet domain servers, using
                 the MX option for off-Internet hosts.  It  knows  about
                 non-domain-style  names  that have disappeared from the
                 NIC table.


            o+    Nslookup: nslookup@sh.cs.net For hosts that do not have
                 access  to  domain servers.  Send a message with domain
                 names or IP addresses, one per line, in the body of the
                 message.   The  nslookup  program  sends back a message
                 containing all the domain nameserver records (not  just
                 the MX ones) for the named domains.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            Unlimited: CIC services can be accessed by  electronic  mail
            from  CSNET hosts and from all other hosts that can exchange
            mail with the Internet.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _C_e_n_t_e_r

            Open to all Internet users.

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            Karen Roubicek, Manager
            Charlotte Mooers, User Services























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