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Not entirely true, but almost! The DNS hierarchy didn't exist until a (very) late version of UNIX, and if I remember right, most mail used ! instead of @ and .
by kick 7y ago
Not entirely true, but almost! The DNS hierarchy didn't exist until a (very) late version of UNIX, and if I remember right, most mail used ! instead of @ and .
- kps 7y agoSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Mail_routing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Mail_routing
- emmelaich 7y agoIn fact, user@host didn't need the internet or uucp. Even without sendmail rewriting, some systems (e.g. MHSnet/ACSNET) used `@` natively IIRC.
- kick 7y agoThank you for expanding!