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Comment by dec0dedab0de

6 hours ago

sending email over telnet was part of my training as tech support for a dial-up ISP.

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lizknope  5 hours ago

Back in 1991 the older students showed me how to telnet to port 25 and make my "From:" email address be anything. It was funny when the person sitting next to me received an email from satan@hell.gov

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