You sent an email in 1981??? Are you military? Wow I was 6 watching the first video on MTV in that year...I had no idea it was even around yet. The first exposure to the internet I got was in the late 90s when Lotus Notes was still DOS-based and I reported new car sales to Pontiac from the dealership where I worked as a secretary.
No I was an ordinary IT dude then and still am. I was employed at a large IT company and we had an email system which only worked internally, although to many countries. That email system was not TCP/IP either, it was the so-called "OSI" and later x.400 model which we hyped into orbit but was eventually crushed. Thanks Americans and your DARPA :)
Probably about 1992 when I got access to what we today call real smtp email and it worked on an automatic dialup system called uucp. It was all skunkworks as well; if we had left it to the bosses we would still be licking stamps on envelopes.
Anyway who would have ever imagined what the internet would eventually turn into; bloody QR codes so I can be allowed into the pub.
You sent an email in 1981??? Are you military? Wow I was 6 watching the first video on MTV in that year...I had no idea it was even around yet. The first exposure to the internet I got was in the late 90s when Lotus Notes was still DOS-based and I reported new car sales to Pontiac from the dealership where I worked as a secretary.
No I was an ordinary IT dude then and still am. I was employed at a large IT company and we had an email system which only worked internally, although to many countries. That email system was not TCP/IP either, it was the so-called "OSI" and later x.400 model which we hyped into orbit but was eventually crushed. Thanks Americans and your DARPA :)
Probably about 1992 when I got access to what we today call real smtp email and it worked on an automatic dialup system called uucp. It was all skunkworks as well; if we had left it to the bosses we would still be licking stamps on envelopes.
Anyway who would have ever imagined what the internet would eventually turn into; bloody QR codes so I can be allowed into the pub.
Well you certainly have a very deep knowledge of email and its history. Very interesting stuff I had no idea about, so thank you!