Tales of Ancient E-Mail

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 8 Nov 2006 at 15:20, Charles Fox wrote:
> 
>>          Didn't the Indians use smoke signals?  Also, I believe I 
>> have read that in the middle ages in Europe they used bonfires to signal.
> 
> We also can't ignore drum signaling.
> 
> I suspect that signal fires, particularly among the seafaring peoples 
> go back to prehistoric times.  But then, to qualify as email, they'd 
> have to be ELECTRIC signal fires, no? :)

Or a fire that produces magic blue smoke?

Peace...  Sridhar