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[edit]The history of e-mail actually begins earlier than time sharing. The military AUTODIN was started in 1958 and IBM's commercial Administrative Terminal System (ATS) was operational on 1962. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 12:37, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
Article lead
[edit]Change '''Electronic mail''' ('''email''' or '''e-mail''') to '''email (short for "electronic mail", alternatively spelled "e-mail", I think that "email" should be listed first as it js the title of the article, most common name for the subject, and used throughout the article. Formyparty (talk) 13:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Support. Whizz40 (talk) 21:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
- Done since there seems to be no objections, though I’ve capitalised it since it’s at the start of a sentence. novov talk edits 11:11, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
Yerkish?
[edit]Removed Yerkish link from See also. Was it relevant somehow? Tule-hog (talk) 03:38, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Unfinished merge of Email system
[edit]From a search through Email's revision history, it seems the merge of Email system was never completed. It is worth attempting, as email systems are a robust topic of study. Tule-hog (talk) 22:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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