Interesting. In college around 85-89 I had access to two networks, one called "bitnet" and the other called "csnet" probably for computer science net. I do recall using bangs "!" as part of the email addresses like you show below. But it was long ago and far away so my memory has faded. Eugene W2HX -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 1:37 PM To: vcf-midatlantic Cc: Neil Cherry Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] oldest email address in the club I thought a few folks might find this a bit humorous. ;-) cbnews.att.com!ncherry rutgers.edu!diane.uucp!ncherry :-) I used to be on the maps! -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies