This module is *not* an implementation of the finger protocol (rfc 1288). use net::finger for that. instead it is a set of implementations of *other* methods for getting information from an e-mail address, or e-mail-like identifier. this package includes four such implementations, and it's pretty easy to create your own additional implementations:

* webfinger
* fingerpoint
* cpan.org scraper (for user@cpan.org)
* unnamed finger protocol described on bitworking.org
only the first two implementations are enabled by default. see "implementations" on how to enable others, and for more details.