[–] 26357333? 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
He did invent email as we know it, where two offline computers can email each other and attach office docs - the other guy invented a tx message service which required both computers to be on. Shiva's program was even called EMAIL. Don't do to Shiva what people did to Tesla. Give credit where it's due.
He trademarked a good name. He created a program which wasn't in widespread use. But he didn't invent email as we know it.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc561
5 September 73
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc733 (obsoletes RFC561)
21 November 1977
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821 (SMTP - the protocol we use today)
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 (obsoletes RFC733)
August 1982
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(Over the years additional RFCs have built on / superseded RFC822)
[–] 26357259? ago
https://voat.co/v/QRV/4112323