On Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:52:06 -0600 (CST),
Christopher Lindsey <lindsey(_at_)ncsa(_dot_)uiuc(_dot_)edu> said:
C> ph is a pretty University-centric application. It was started (I think)
C> at U of I back in the early '90s by Steven Dorner, then taken over by
C> Paul Pomes in later years. It has since spread to about 300 other sites
C> around the world.
Ph/qi was the CSO nameserver. It did get some mainstream attention; you
could use it in the Eudora mail client to look up addresses, etc.
The protocol is not too complicated. I have a Perl script which acts
like a CSO server, which my office used for several years before moving
to Exchange.
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Karl Vogel
ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
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