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by dec0dedab0de 144 days ago
sending email over telnet was part of my training as tech support for a dial-up ISP.
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lizknope 144 days ago
Back in 1991 the older students showed me how to telnet to port 25 and make my "From:" email address be anything. It was funny when the person sitting next to me received an email from satan@hell.gov
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nomel 144 days ago
My very political grandpa definitely received a few emails from the "president", along with a few email from a "government agency" following up on the emails.
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iberator 144 days ago
Hey. That was a gateway drug for teenage 'hackers' hehe

I remember grex.org and arbornet.org . My first free Unix shel acccounts hehe. Made friends worldwide.

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BenjiWiebe 143 days ago
Grex only shut down recently, in 2023.
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