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		sheepscreek 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files Most *nix tools have their origins in the ‘70s-80s. Email as a technology is ancient by today’s standards. SMTP protocol got established in 1982. Even sendmail dates as far back as the ‘70s.

Alex3917 3 days ago | [–]

This is a pretty good talk on the history of email: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGfahzt-4Q

doctorpangloss 3 days ago | | [–]

https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...

Another great article

deathslocus 3 days ago | [–]

And the earlier technology of homing pigeons goes back even further

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