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- noun computing A kind of
electronic mail used onbulletin board systems .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They were echomail networks that I used back in the day.
A Brief Moment of Recognition for the People Who Comment « Whatever 2006
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I'll disagree with him on one point, however: ST novels are regarded as canon by some people who like the subgenre -- all you have to do is visit any of the echomail ST conferences to see that many, many people regard the novels (* and* the comic books) as canon.
Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 2 Issue 2 (ANSI Edition) 1994
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Fido was all point to point mail There was no echomail at the time.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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: 'OS2NEW' file-echo, and over a dozen OS/2 echomail
SLIST: OS/2 BBS's Across the World by Dave Fisher (Long Version) 1993
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So a bunch of procedures and tools sprung up around what's now known as echomail.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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Marge Ok Tom um it had to also do with echomail making things very popular.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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Radically different from most mailers today which are oriented towards echomail.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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I mean if you have small systems that let people send messages and have it appear in echomail.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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I'm very curious about how echomail as opposed to netmail got started.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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With echomail you don't have to know anything. you log into a local bulletin board you don't even have to figure out for 6 months how the whole thing works.
The History of Fidonet: An Interview with Tom Jennings, by Marge Robbins (Transcription) 1993
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