I have fond memories of FidoNet from the late 80's and early 90's! Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET https:/

I have fond memories of FidoNet from the late 80's and early 90's! Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_and_forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_and_forward https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet (Also, abstractly speaking, Physical Mail AKA "snail mail" AKA The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) -- as well as other shipping services (i.e., UPS, FedEx, DHL, Amazon, etc.) -- are all effectively store-and-forward networks, except that they are physical (as opposed to digital) ones...)