UUNet may have bought Erols, but I think they preceded Erols by more than a decade. I was getting a usenet feed through uunet in the late 80s, I think)
Both compuserve and prodigy had those dumb addresses - for internet mail. Only compuserve used that horrible string for internal addressing as well. Prodigy used simple names (jjohnson for me) for all inside-prodigy email and boards. (IIRC) On 12/12/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wait, was i mistaken, was it compuserve and not prodigy > that had those dumb addresses? or was it really both? > > heck, all i knew was erol's back then :) anyone remember > them? and didnt they eventually become uunet? and does > anyone remember UUDecoding porn out of email? and then > UUEncoding it back into an email and sending it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187445 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
