Stephen Q. Pickering’s Comments

• Mar 9th, 2016 @ 8:17am

  Older e-mails are on record.

  on Guy Who Pretends He Invented Email Whines At Every Journalist For Writing Obit Of Guy Who Actually Helped Create Email
  Mail from USC-ISI rcvd at 8-APR-76 1202-PST
  Date: 8 APR 1976 1110-PST
  Sender: STEFFERUD at USC-ISI
  Subject: MSGGROUP# 314 Welcome Richard Stallman (RMS@MIT-AI)
  From: STEFFERUD at USC-ISI
  To: [ISI]Mailing.List:
  Message-ID:
  
  Please add RMS@MIT-AI (Richard Stallman) to your MsgGroup mailing
  list, or obtain a new copy form [ISI]Mailing.List;56.
  
  Richard and Ken Harrenstien (KLH@MIT-AI) have been perusing the
  MsgGroup Proceedings and have raised a number of issues that I
  think are well worth discussion.
  
  So, Welcome to MsgGroup. Enjoy. See you in the discussions,
  Stef
  
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  Mail from MIT-AI rcvd at 7-APR-76 2256-PST
  Date: 8 APR 1976 0155-EST
  From: RMS at MIT-AI
  To: msggroup at USC-ISI
  
  1) I would like to enter your mailing list.
  2) On the subject of mail systems, can't there be set up
  a name which when mailed to automatically forwards to all the
  people on the mailing list? ITS has that feature, and I have
  heard that TENEX is getting it. It would be much more convenient
  than copying the file to ones own machine.
  3) I maintain this system's mail reader, called RMAIL. It is
  designed for display consoles, unlike most. It is documented in
  the file .INFO.;RMAIL ORDER on this machine (I guarantee you will
  be surprised to find out what language it's written in).
  Our FTP server does not expect you to log in; our system is
  not paranoid the way most systems are.
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• Aug 7th, 2015 @ 8:55am

  Re: Go old school

  on Universal Music's Anti-Piracy Ads Even Crazier Than You Can Imagine
  Yes, that was one of the most horrifying Very Special Episodes. I like that the tape was full of the sounds of popcorn.