http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/ten-years-of-email/ New and improved with just a hint of lemon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:05:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/ten-years-of-email/#comment-71987 Bruce Fryer Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:08:38 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/?p=701#comment-71987 I had an X.400 address on my business cards in the late 80's. Had a cc:Mail gateway back to it. For some reason no one ever used it. I had an X.400 address on my business cards in the late 80’s. Had a cc:Mail gateway back to it. For some reason no one ever used it.

]]> http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/ten-years-of-email/#comment-71986 Fred Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:19:25 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/?p=701#comment-71986 I've long ago switched from POP to IMAP, but cannot imagine having to rely on Internet access to read or manipulate e-mail. I'd love for you to talk about the changes that doing that requires. I just cannot imagine. I’ve long ago switched from POP to IMAP, but cannot imagine having to rely on Internet access to read or manipulate e-mail. I’d love for you to talk about the changes that doing that requires. I just cannot imagine.

]]> http://strom.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/ten-years-of-email/#comment-71983 strom Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:18:55 +0000 http://strom.wordpress.com/?p=701#comment-71983 Mark Brownstein, who has worked just as long as I in this industry, writes: I'll bet that, back in the days when our paths first crossed (1987, probably at a conference we both covered), we were both using MCI Mail to send our stuff to headquarters (InfoWorld and PCWeek). If I recall, I may have even used a modem that you connected a phone handset to. From my office, it was a 1200 baud miracle, eventually replaced as standards improved. Back then, it wasn't hard to disappear, either. There were no cell phones. If you didn't have a pager, you could get lost. I remember a trip I made down to Carlsbad to meet with a vendor that had just released a product with a major problem, and the office was upset because they couldn't reach me during my 3 hour drive down. They got me a pager the next day. Today, it seems like we're probably always accessible, unless we forget our phones or the batteries somehow go dead. It's a whole different world. Mark Brownstein, who has worked just as long as I in this industry, writes:
I’ll bet that, back in the days when our paths first crossed (1987, probably at a conference we both covered), we were both using MCI Mail to send our stuff to headquarters (InfoWorld and PCWeek). If I recall, I may have even used a modem that you connected a phone handset to. From my office, it was a 1200 baud miracle, eventually replaced as standards improved.
Back then, it wasn’t hard to disappear, either. There were no cell phones. If you didn’t have a pager, you could get lost. I remember a trip I made down to Carlsbad to meet with a vendor that had just released a product with a major problem, and the office was upset because they couldn’t reach me during my 3 hour drive down. They got me a pager the next day.
Today, it seems like we’re probably always accessible, unless we forget our phones or the batteries somehow go dead.
It’s a whole different world.

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