<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">There were lots of systems that had "messages" available which were equivalent to email. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">are those being ignored. the emisari system i built in 1971 at OEP had messages that could be sent to any member or collection of members in the system.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">arpa net had messages as well.<br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">The oep emisari manual is available from the njit library in a special collection of material we did for EIES which in part was a follow on to emisari. it is the special collection of material for CCCC (computerized conferencing and communications center). <br><a href="http://library.njit.edu/archives/cccc-materials/">http://library.njit.edu/archives/cccc-materials/</a><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">it is near the end of the list. and the eies manual 1974-5 also had a complete message system.<br></div><br>
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