BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  40 years of echomail
De:       Carlos Navarro
Data:     Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:10:38 +0100
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16 Feb 2026 01:13, you wrote to me:

 CN>> According to some old FidoNews issues and other sources, echomail
 CN>> was introduced by Jeff Rush on 16 February 1986.

 BF>    Then you probably didn't look well enough. The first issue was
 BF> this:

 BF>    Volume 1, Number 1      1 Dec 84

 BF>    ... and I'm sure it was distributed via echomail.

The first mention of 'echomail' in FidoNews was:

 [...] There's even a new wrinkle
 in network mail,  called Echomail,  that will greatly expand  the
 whole meaning of FidoNet, if it doesn't break it first.

Editorial - FidoNews Volume 3, Number 13 - 31 March 1986

Carlos

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