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Jnc: /* External links */ correct title

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‎External links: correct title

Jnc: /* External links */ +an amusing note by Mike Padlipsky over credit

2024-01-11T11:32:37Z

‎External links: +an amusing note by Mike Padlipsky over credit

Jnc: /* External links */ +the first specs

2023-02-09T01:07:48Z

‎External links: +the first specs

Jnc: email predates networks

2022-04-28T16:17:56Z

email predates networks

Jnc: +electronic mail

2021-11-28T21:37:30Z

+electronic mail

Jnc: Better cat

2018-12-13T21:01:38Z

Better cat

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2018-10-03T18:13:06Z

Avoid redir

Jnc: An acceptable start...

2018-10-03T16:53:07Z

An acceptable start...

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'''Email''' is a [[communication network]] [[application]] which involves sending a message from an originator to a 'mailbox' on the destination [[host]] system. The recipient runs an application [[program]] to retrieve it and view it at a time of their choosing. It was the first 'killer app' on the [[ARPANET]], the first [[packet switching]] network.

There are two [[protocol]]s involved in modern email.

One covers the format of the message (which is divided into 'headers' and 'body'), which has remained generally the same since the ARPANET days (albeit with extensions for security, [[multi-media]] content, etc).

The other, [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]], covers the method used to carry the message from the source host to the destination (possibly via one or more 'relay agents'). Although this also dates back to the ARPANET (although it has been updated to function over [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]]), it was a replacement for an earlier protocol used for email carriagge, which was an extension to [[FTP]].

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 * [http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/history/Mail_Protocol.txt Mail Protocol] (NIC 29588) - the first email carriage protocol
 * [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc733.txt Standard for the Format of ARPA Network Text Messages] (RFC 733, NIC 41592) - the first email format standard
-* [https://www.multicians.org/allnight.html ...over whose claim was right: first at which, and for what, and with whom] - an amusing note by Mike Padlipsky over credit
+* [https://www.multicians.org/allnight.html And They Argued All Night...] - an amusing note by Mike Padlipsky over credit
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 * [http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/history/Mail_Protocol.txt Mail Protocol] (NIC 29588) - the first email carriage protocol
 * [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc733.txt Standard for the Format of ARPA Network Text Messages] (RFC 733, NIC 41592) - the first email format standard
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		+	* [http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/history/Mail_Protocol.txt Mail Protocol] (NIC 29588) - the first email carriage protocol
		+	* [http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc733.txt Standard for the Format of ARPA Network Text Messages] (RFC 733, NIC 41592) - the first email format standard

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-'''Email''' (short for '''electronic mail''') is a [[communication network]] [[application]] which involves sending a message from an originator to a 'mailbox' on the destination [[host]] system. The recipient runs an application [[program]] to retrieve it and view it at a time of their choosing. It was the first 'killer app' on the [[ARPANET]], the first [[packet switching]] network.
+'''Email''' (short for '''electronic mail''') is a [[communication network]] [[application]] which involves sending a message from an originator to a 'mailbox' on the destination [[host]] system. The recipient runs an application [[program]] to retrieve it and view it at a time of their choosing. It was the first 'killer app' on the [[ARPANET]], the first [[packet switching]] [[data network]] (although email existed between users of a single [[time-sharing]] [[mainframe]] before then).
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 One covers the format of the message (which is divided into 'headers' and 'body'), which has remained generally the same since the ARPANET days (albeit with extensions for security, [[multi-media]] content, etc).
-The other, [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]], covers the method used to carry the message from the source host to the destination (possibly via one or more 'relay agents'). Although this also dates back to the ARPANET (although it has been updated to function over [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]]), it was a replacement for an earlier protocol used for email carriagge, which was an extension to [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]].
+The other, [[Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]], covers the method used to carry the message from the source host to the destination (possibly via one or more 'relay agents'). Although this also dates back to the ARPANET (although it has been updated to function over [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]]), it was a replacement for an earlier protocol used for email carriage, which was an extension to [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]].
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−	'''Email''' is a [[communication network]] [[application]] which involves sending a message from an originator to a 'mailbox' on the destination [[host]] system. The recipient runs an application [[program]] to retrieve it and view it at a time of their choosing. It was the first 'killer app' on the [[ARPANET]], the first [[packet switching]] network.	+	'''Email''' (short for '''electronic mail''') is a [[communication network]] [[application]] which involves sending a message from an originator to a 'mailbox' on the destination [[host]] system. The recipient runs an application [[program]] to retrieve it and view it at a time of their choosing. It was the first 'killer app' on the [[ARPANET]], the first [[packet switching]] network.

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