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[Kevin Wood]

Must have been back in 1988, shortly after I became a radio amateur and we used to run an IP network over the air.

My old hostname still resoves! 

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nslookup g7bcs.ampr.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: g7bcs.ampr.org
Address: 44.131.242.58


[Mister Rog]

Damn ! Can't recall the year. Saw an advert for lifetime email with startup company Zoo Internet. I bought it and although Zoo have been taken over many times over the years, my @zoo.co.uk still works and is still my main personal address. I would say around 1985/6 or thereabouts. Turned out to be a decent deal.

[Rods2]

Predecessor to email which iirc was CIX in the late 1980's as an electronic telex / telegram equivalent with our local modem access point (before ISPs) in Guildford. Vital communications system where 95% of what we produced was sold all round the world.

Was on the leading edge of multi-player games and remote multi-player games, developing the comms along with many other parts. Exciting times.

[STEMO]

It's just come back to me! When I bought my first computer, I got a disc with it for freeserve. That was the first one. My address was @freeserve.co.uk and, believe it or not, I still have a web based @fsmail account with orange which,  by a huge coincidence running with this thread, is closing down on May 31st through lack of use.

[Lincs Robert]

Must have been back in 1988, shortly after I became a radio amateur and we used to run an IP network over the air.

My old hostname still resoves! 

Code: [Select]

nslookup g7bcs.ampr.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: g7bcs.ampr.org
Address: 44.131.242.58


That's interesting, a "G7" callsign that's newer than my 1977 G8 one. How should that work? Needless to say that I've not used it at all since passing the exam and getting the licence - which I suspect has now lapsed!

[biggriffin]

I don't remember pointless things,

Now important things like wife's birthday, wedding anniversary, yes, but the 1st day I sent an email, Christ get out more. 

Would have been around 97/98.

[Doctor Gollum]

See, you do remember 

[JDX]

The spanners don't sound so yummy but I may try them anyway 

[TheBoy]

Around time I bought my first house, and could then use a modem.  Proper internet email, via a bulletin board.

First electronic messaging was when I first started work, proprietary system on a minicomputer.

[aaronjb]

1993? Maybe 1994 I had a FidoNet address. It was probably a year or so after that I for my first internet email address.

Likewise, I had a FidoNet address for a while when I ran a BBS (2:2502/17), then CompuServe, then Demon Internet, probably a year or so apart each time.

Great little documentary on BBSes btw - http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ - has a good segment on FidoNet and it's founders.