---
name: "eaddress"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "14.6.20210224+dfsg-4+b1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/eaddress"
---

# eaddress(1)

check edirect's notion of your e-mail address (DEPRECATED)

## NAME

eaddress - check edirect's notion of your e-mail address (DEPRECATED)

## SYNOPSIS

**eaddress**

**edirect -address**

## DESCRIPTION

**Note:** **eaddress** will not appear in future releases of NCBI Entrez Direct. However, several other commands, such as **einfo**, take a **-debug** flag that will reveal an **nquire** command line containing the email address they pass.

**eaddress** prints (to standard output) the e-mail address that other [**edirect**(1)](/edirect/1.md) subcommands will send by default to have someone to notify in case a runaway script causes problems with an NCBI Entrez server. If the **EMAIL** environment variable is set, **edirect** will honor it. Otherwise, it will combine a username from the **USER** environment variable or reported by [**whoami**(1)](/whoami/1.md) with a hostname from **/etc/mailname** or [**uname**(2)](/uname/2.md), attempting to obtain a fully qualified form if necessary.

## SEE ALSO

[**econtact**(1)](/econtact/1.md), [**edirect**(1)](/edirect/1.md), [**einfo**(1)](/einfo/1.md), [**whoami**(1)](/whoami/1.md).