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Global Address Books in Alpine

The version of Alpine available on TerpConnect includes a feature called a global addressbook. This feature allows Alpine to access the University's Directory service to obtain, among other things, the e-mail addresses of faculty/staff.

The global addressbook for the University of Maryland will already be set up for your account. To access this addressbook follow these steps:

1. Type m to go to the main menu in Alpine if you are not already there.
2. Type a or use the arrow keys to select Address Book from the menu and press Enter
   
   

   ALPINE 1.10(962) ADDRESS BOOK LIST Folder: INBOX 446 Messages + .addressbook Personal AddressBook in .addressbook University of Maryland Directory Server on directory.umd.edu ? Help < Main Menu P PrevEntry - PrevPage O OTHER CMDS > [ViewAbook] N NextEntry Spc NextPage W WhereIs

   
   
3. You should now see the screen above. Use the arrow keys to select University of Maryland from the list and press Enter
4. You will now be prompted for a "String to search for." Type the last name of the person that you wish to search for. Press Enter.
5. On the following screen you will be presented with summary information about the person(s) that the search returned. Use the arrow keys to select the person that you would like to retrieve more detailed information on. Press Enter.
6. In the following screen you will be presented with detailed information from the Directory service; include, if available, the person's e-mail address.

   ? Help      < Results Index ^B PrevLink    - PrevPage C ComposeTo S Save        
   V ViewLink  % Print         ^F NextLink  Spc NextPage F Fwd Email W WhereIs    
   

7. The above options are valid for the details display. Note: If an e-mail address is not available then the ComposeTo and Fwd Email options will not be valid.