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  • 40 years of echomail

    From Carlos Navarro@2:341/234.1 to All on Mon Feb 16 00:02:27 2026
    According to some old FidoNews issues and other sources, echomail was introduced by Jeff Rush on 16 February 1986.

    Carlos

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Carlos Navarro on Mon Feb 16 01:13:27 2026
    Carlos Navarro -> All skrev 2026-02-16 00:02:
    According to some old FidoNews issues and other sources, echomail was introduced by Jeff Rush on 16 February 1986.

    Then you probably didn't look well enough. The first issue was this:

    Volume 1, Number 1 1 Dec 84

    ... and I'm sure it was distributed via echomail.


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