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[ih] Invention of term 'email'
- Subject: [ih] Invention of term 'email'
- From: dhc2 at dcrocker.net (Dave Crocker)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:57:27 -0700
- In-reply-to: <CA+CiqoVRrKHZZd-PVv1oJ00ixE2L5VFXwt--u=o0fj7BAeEsZA@mail.gmail.com>
- References: <[email protected]> <CA+CiqoVRrKHZZd-PVv1oJ00ixE2L5VFXwt--u=o0fj7BAeEsZA@mail.gmail.com>
On 6/18/2012 4:50 PM, Eric Gade wrote:
> It seems that Network World is asking the wrong question, from a
> historian's perspective. It doesn't matter when the specific term
> 'email' was coined. What matters is the evolution of electronic mail, a
> topic on which Craig Partridge has written an excellent history for the
> transactions of the ACM (I think). Anyone have a link?
That, and other nifty links, are provided at emailhistory.org.
There's also a mailing list for extended discussion of email history.
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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