Re: [vcf-midatlantic] oldest email address in the club
replying to william degnan
Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] oldest email address in the club Anyone still operating actively an email address from before 1995
I have been jeffj/at/panix/dot/com since 1991. I know the fellow with a slightly lower UID but he's not a VCF member. Before that, my emails were via my employer, but as a consultant I quickly realized the merit of an email that I could keep independent of my employer or client. I had email via Genie, Delphi, Prodigy but never Compuserve or AOL. Before it was PANIX, there was Big Electric Cat. A friend used that to access USENET before the Internet, back when most systems were "walled gardens". -- jeffj
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
replying to william degnan
Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] oldest email address in the club Anyone still operating actively an email address from before 1995
I have been jeffj/at/panix/dot/com since 1991. I know the fellow with a slightly lower UID but he's not a VCF member.
Before that, my emails were via my employer, but as a consultant I quickly realized the merit of an email that I could keep independent of my employer or client. I had email via Genie, Delphi, Prodigy but never Compuserve or AOL.
Before it was PANIX, there was Big Electric Cat. A friend used that to access USENET before the Internet, back when most systems were "walled gardens".
-- jeffj
I think Jeff wins! 1991
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:54 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
replying to william degnan
Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] oldest email address in the club Anyone still operating actively an email address from before 1995
I have been jeffj/at/panix/dot/com since 1991. I know the fellow with a slightly lower UID but he's not a VCF member.
Before that, my emails were via my employer, but as a consultant I quickly realized the merit of an email that I could keep independent of my employer or client. I had email via Genie, Delphi, Prodigy but never Compuserve or AOL.
Before it was PANIX, there was Big Electric Cat. A friend used that to access USENET before the Internet, back when most systems were "walled gardens".
-- jeffj
I think Jeff wins! 1991
I had yoy@nihcu on Bitnet, starting in June of 1992. Long gone, I'd guess. Internet connected via the Bitnet/Internet gateway. I used it to do FTP-by-email, believe it or not. - Alex
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