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> 2. also I think ! was used rather than . for some networks at some times. Certainly I’ve heard this anecdote from some early users of the internet (or maybe o
by JoshTriplett 6y ago
> 2. also I think ! was used rather than . for some networks at some times. Certainly I’ve heard this anecdote from some early users of the internet (or maybe other computer networks)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Bang_path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Bang_path
! was used for manual routing from the source to the destination, when messages were copied from server to server via UUCP. People would write paths like ...!ucbvax!deptserver!myname , which means "you probably know how to get messages to ucbvax; from there, here's how to reach me".
- elygre 6y ago...!mcsun!nuug!fics!el here :-). Of course, those were actual routes, rather than just reverse hierarchies.
- ayewo 6y agoAnd here's an example of an old business card using that format for an email address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#/media/File:UUCP_Email_Address_.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#/media/File:UUCP_Email_Ad...