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There was something called Agora (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_(web_browser)) which was sort of an emai
by noufalibrahim 2y ago
There was something called Agora (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_(web_browser)) which was sort of an email/http proxy. You could browse the web via. email and set "GET", "POST" etc. commands. It was my first exposure to the web.
It sounds very similar to what you mentioned.
- asdefghyk 2y agoThere was also a system where a person could email a request for a webpage to a certain email address and the web page would be returned by email. Existed in late 1980s? I think or maybe early 1990s?
- noufalibrahim 2y agoThat's what Agora did. I used it for a while using pine. I still remember the address by heart. It was agora@dna.affrc.go.jp. I guess you never forget your first time : - )
- password4321 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30387879#30390269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30387879#30390269 > Richard Stallman browses the web via email. https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html