One way I've used is to browse AFS space and see if there is a folder of the
name I'm interested in. If I find one there, I know the NetID isn't
available. The converse isn't necessarily true, but it can speed things up
by eliminating some of your preferred choices.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MSU Network Administrators Group
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Rockwell
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] about msu IDs
>
> Is there a easy and fast way for a user to probe what mail
> addresses are available? So far I've used the method of
> asking the help desk about a single email address, this was
> not hard to do, but took a few hours for a response (which
> was negative). I see a scaling issue...
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