There is one more explanation that is probably becoming more common (quite common here at UC Berkeley): users get unix accounts and use a POP mail client (Eudora, POPMail, etc.), and never actually make an interactive connection that would show up in finger info. >Why is it that some people have "never logged in", something evident >when you finger them? How can I receive a subscription request from >someone who has never logged into their own account? > >Carl Reimann David Carlson UC Berkeley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carlson [log in to unmask] 800-762-4093 National Center for Research in Vocational Education Berkeley, California VocServe bulletin board <-JOIN US!-> VOCNET listserv discussion group telnet: vocserve.berkeley.edu subscribe: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------