1991. UUCP to run a node off my local network group. For us back then, there was no active connection, it was called 'store and forward'. Each node would dial

1991. UUCP to run a node off my local network group. For us back then, there was no active connection, it was called 'store and forward'. Each node would dial in to the node upline and get whatever was waiting, be it email, usenet articles, etc. In turn each of the nodes downline would login and get what ever was waiting for them. Did I mention that this was in the days of 300baud modems? There was quite a bit of excitement in the group when one of our members told us that he had sent an email to the US and a reply had come back in less than 10 minutes. Oh, and did I mention that this was also the time before those newfangled "billsmith@somecompany.com" email addresses became common? When we used email addresses like "!company1!company2!company3!departmenta!manager2!peasant4" (if I remember the format correctly) which showed the actual path to be taken by the email from the sender to the receiver.