I thought that Erols was a computer store that sort of stumbled into the ISP market. One question, was it UUNET that bought out the ISP side or RCN/Starpower?
larry On 12/12/05, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187471 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
