From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mah@mhorton.net (Mary Ann Horton) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 18:21:30 -0800 Subject: [TUHS] B-news source code In-Reply-To: <20170311001514.GE30430@mcvoy.com> References: <20170310094919.GA22414@minnie.tuhs.org> <20170311001514.GE30430@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: So you'd think, but it appears it came first in netnews. Mail/mailx has ~m which indents with a tab, not a ">". Most likely in summer of 1983, between 2.10 and 2.10.1. On 03/10/2017 04:15 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > Wouldn't this have happened first in email, like Mail or mailx? > Hard to say, I'd guess sometime in the 1980's? > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 04:05:56PM -0800, Mary Ann Horton wrote: >> Where can I find source code for various versions of netnews? >> >> In particular I'm looking for B news 2.10.1. >> >> A historian is trying to track down where the ">" was first used in quoting >> news or email. It's not in 2.10 (I do have that source code) but I suspect >> it's in 2.10.1. >> >> If anyone recalls where this originated, please let me know. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mary Ann