Comment by noufalibrahim

So many pieces of the internet being discontinued. A little nostalgic but I don't really see the point in keeping dial up alive anymore.

When I was first exposed to the net, I used an email to http proxy. It was called https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora_(web_browser) and you sent a certain email address emails with requests for pages, posting to forms etc. Then walked away and came back and checked your inbox for responses. It was quirky but I did get some documentation and largish poster of Steve Vai back in the day using this which was kind of cool I guess.

I sent so many emails (first from pine and then from mutt) that I remember the email address by heart. agora@dna.affrc.go.jp