I have had a least one person ask if WHOIS could indicate command
completion (eg: 'Command complete") when it is finished. The idea
was to allow a program (in this case a MAIL agent) to ask LISTSERV
who a userid was if searching through NAMES files failed.
Am not sure that this would be desireable in all cases, but am
forwarding the idea for consideration.
Walter G. Horbert ([log in to unmask])
University of Maine System
Computing And Data Processing Services
Orono, Maine 04469