In the very early days of the Internet (it was capitalized back then) I sent an email to a musician whose music I liked [0]. And I got back a brief reply thanki

In the very early days of the Internet (it was capitalized back then) I sent an email to a musician whose music I liked [0]. And I got back a brief reply thanking for reaching out to him, and that was about it. I think he didn't realize that the general public could reach him via email, and he was probably going to change it so that he could concentrate on his work. [0] Canadian Tom Third. Sorry for that, Tom!