Re: [Evolution] Evo 2.24.3 bug list, by personal priority.

[Art Alexion <art rhd org>]

On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 08:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 07:37 -0500, Art Alexion wrote:
> > I agree with Pete. Internet mail, at minimum, means ALL mail outside
> > your localhost or LAN.  In that context, it may simply be a synonym
> > for what we have come to call email.
>
> I think this is true. At the time the RFC was written, there were
> several non-Internet large-scale networks around, hard though that may
> be to believe nowadays. Bitnet was one I remember (I won't describe
> how
> it worked for fear of upsetting those of a sensitive nature :-)

AOL, and don't forget Compuserve and Prodigy, the latter of which, if I
recall correctly, was originally a Sears & Robuck product.


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