strangest systems I've sent email from

Pontus Pihlgren pontus at Update.UU.SE
Wed Apr 20 11:47:37 CDT 2016


On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 01:32:01PM +0200, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Rod Smallwood <
> rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> > Extreme  Mailing
> >
> > What is the most unusual place you have sent mail from?
> >
> 
> I think we need to restrict this to specific dates/eras/times -- these days
> we have wi-fi enabled jet airliners and cruise ships and can send/receive
> e-mail from anywhere, satellite communications, etc.
> 
> Using something like "dtmail" on a Sparc 10 in 2016 on a daily basis, or
> VMS MAIL on a MicroVax would be an anachronism equal to hooking up a KayPro
> luggable to an acoustic coupler over a cellular modem in the 1980s in the
> back of your A-Team van ;)

For remote mailing I prefer i vt terminal and a microwave link:

https://youtu.be/r6NuDcemRsM

/P


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