Email - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ correct title

2024-01-11T11:33:43Z

External links: correct title

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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://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		* [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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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

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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://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		* [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

	[[Category: Networking Basics]]		[[Category: Networking Basics]]

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

2023-02-09T01:07:48Z

External links: +the first specs

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			==External links==

			* [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

	[[Category: Networking Basics]]		[[Category: Networking Basics]]

Jnc: email predates networks

2022-04-28T16:17:56Z

email predates networks

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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).

	There are two [[protocol]]s involved in modern email.		There are two [[protocol]]s involved in modern email.
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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).		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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Jnc: +electronic mail

2021-11-28T21:37:30Z

+electronic mail

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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.

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

Jnc: Better cat

2018-12-13T21:01:38Z

Better cat

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Jnc: Avoid redir

2018-10-03T18:13:06Z

Avoid redir

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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).		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]].		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]].

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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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