Re: deterioration of email (was Re: clever usc creation)
Michael Grant via Internet-history <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:57:48 +0000
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I have had several conversations with younger folks. Email to them is as you say, not something they look at every day, only when they are expecting something like a 2FA or confirmation or something. What's even more disturbing is many young people I have talked to do not understand the distinction between gmail and email often using the term interchangeably. I have often asked "who do you think owns email?" and the answer I get is almost invariably something like "google, right?" I do not like it that I have to be on 3 or 4 different chat systems to keep in touch with people I know. I so wish there was a standardized interoperable chat system. Early smtp had the SEND command which I never saw used and seems to be unsupported now. I was hoping it might be XMPP, then Matrix but those seems to have fizzled out. Someone here I am sure can provide an exhaustive list... -- Internet-history mailing list [email protected] https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history - Unsubscribe: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9b6ef0621638436ab0a9b23cb0668b0b?The%20list%20to%20be%20unsubscribed%20from=Internet-history