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IE3 came bundled with "Microsoft Internet Mail and News" later "Outlook Express" with full NNTP support.

• somesortofsystm 7y ago
  >IE3 Yeah, exactly. By that time, the web hype knob was already at max level.
  • jaywalk 7y ago
    Disagree. The Internet was still mostly a curiosity when IE3 was around, but people were becoming aware of it. I'd say things really took off in the IE5 timeframe.
• smhenderson 7y ago
  Not sure what version they're talking about on this page[0] but it's dated 1994.Netscape had NNTP support as far back as then apparently... [0] http://home.mcom.com/home/guided_tour/news.html http://home.mcom.com/home/guided_tour/news.html
  • somesortofsystm 7y ago
    '94 is mid-web ignition, imho. The point is, the web ate all the other info-sharing protocols, except for mail (which does look worse than ever, but still works) .. and as a result its near-impossible for a new user to easily share their content from their own computer to the rest of the world ..
    • karatestomp 7y ago
      > except for mail My greatest hope for an open social network that people actually use and truly threatens Facebook & friends still rests on something built on top of email. A social-client that uses the email system as its transport layer, basically. It even already has calendaring for events! Heh.
    • u801e 7y ago
      > The point is, the web ate all the other info-sharing protocols I wouldn't say that really happened until after sometime in 2015.