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- This directory contains the complete source code and a compiled
- example of a PH directory service extension for WinPMail v2.0 and
- later.
-
- PH is a protocol developed at the University of Illinois which allows
- the retrieval of information about a system's users by sending simple
- textual queries. To use the PH extension, make sure that PH.FFF is in
- the same directory as WINPMAIL.EXE. If you have a PH server you
- regularly use, edit PH.FFF and change the "Form data" line to contain
- that server's name or IP address. Load the extension by double-clicking
- it in WinPMail's "Extensions" window.
-
- Accessing PH services is easy; make sure that the host name is correct,
- then enter the name of the person about whom you want information. Click
- the "Query" button and WinPMail will attempt to establish a connection
- to the PH server running on the host you have named. Any matches to your
- request will be displayed in the result window.
-
- To use the e-mail address of a person found this way, open a new mail
- message, perform the search, then double-click on the address in the
- result window to select it and press "Paste" to copy the result into the
- addressing field of the message.
-
- Because the format of the PH directory service is not very well-defined,
- there is no standard set of information you can expect to see in response
- to a successful query - the format of the data returned depends on the
- way the server has been configured.
-
- Finally, PH is not a standard service - not every system will necessarily
- support it, so if you get errors, or if you get no information about a
- person you know exists, it may mean that the host you have named is not
- running a PH server. Ask the system manager on the machine whether PH is
- supported or not.
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