On 09/20/2018 10:50 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:
Well, yes it was, back in 1982; see RFC821 and /etc/services but that was "simple" and 'unauthenticated' and "insecure" and hence it was hacked and abused, so we don't use that any more. We use TLS instead.
1982 was before most people had access to the Internet or email and smtp was used between host computers using smtp only. There weren't a lot of PCs doing email in those days. At work, back then, we did email on a VAX 11/780, using terminals to connect to the VAX. The pop rfc is over 2 years newer than smtp. So, back in those days, email generally meant people using terminals to a shared Unix system, with smtp transfering mail between systems. Mail with a system didn't need smtp or pop. There were also commercial networks such as Compuserve, Telenet, etc. that did email, but they were all proprietary. The company I worked for provided Telenet in Canada. Even then, it wasn't until 1989 that I used a PC for email. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org