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Bitnet Relay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bitnet Relay or officially The Interchat Relay Network or simply Relay was a precursor to today's Internet Relay Chat and various online chat systems. It was developed by Jeff Kell (then at JEFF@UTCV...
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The EARN/BITnet RELAY pages can only be seen in a historical context. With the decline of BITnet and the advance of Internet chat utilities, the original (yes, the original) RELAY belongs to a past, Former Relay operators of the EARN/BITnet Relay Network can submit their contributions or remarks.
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BITNET was a cooperative U.S. university network founded by IBM in 1979 under the aegis of Ira Fuchs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and Greydon Freeman at Yale University. The first network link was between CUNY and Yale.
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We all know that Relay is definately a hot item for debate, whether you want to discuss if it should exist or not, if it should be restricted or not, if operators are fair or not, In spite of the endless battles and debates, Relay has existed for over two years and appears to still have more to come.
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BITNET_RELAY The host that will accept BITNET-addressed email. If not defined, the .BITNET pseudo-domain won't work.
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You could also send short messages to other users (a feature exploited by Bitnet Relay Chat), as well as files.
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums called channels, but also allows...
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SPAM - unsolicited unwanted messages, typically intended for SMTP e-mail, but this article looks at it from a generic and PSYC perspective. There is also a more specific term for unsolicited unwanted instant messaging called SPIM. This article is about both.
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IRC was well spread in Finland. I contacted some friends of mine through Bitnet Relay and asked if they would try this program.
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In 1985 the first decentralized chat system was created called Bitnet Relay, whereas Minitel probably provided the largest chat system at the same time.
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