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From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 08:47:32 +1100 (EST)
Subject: [TUHS] RIP Ray Tomlinson
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2018, Paul Winalski wrote:

> [ ... ] I don't know if PLATO's email was capable of transmitting 
> messages between computer systems; Tomlinson may have been the first to 
> do that.

That's the claim, yes.

> But the concept of email goes way back.

Indeed, it does, but only on the same system.

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."