On Fri, 21 Aug 1992 15:41:26 EDT Jim Gerland - Network User Support
<GERLAND@UBVM> said:
 
>I would like to see if there is any interest in asking Eric to enhance
>the SHOW NODE /:tag command so that when it finds a :P_xxxxxx tag, it
>searches for and returns the real value of that tag.
>
>This would be useful since now if people want to find out who the
>:userinfo person is for one of my sites, they have to issue 2 commands:
>
>show node /:userinfo
>and
>show node /:p_haxlerod
 
You are lucky if  you only have to issue 2  commands: this information is
usually in  the member  entry for  BITNET nodes. The  best way  to locate
contacts is to use the database system and use the PRINT CONTACT command.
 
  Eric