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Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic mail, discussion lists, forums, newsgroups, message areas of BBSs, etc.
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Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic mail, discussion lists, forums, newsgroups, BBSs, social networking, etc. See also [[Web]], [[Address books and contacts]].
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== Abbreviations, conventions, etc. in messaging ==
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Online messages can be a language all their own, with different dialects for different types of messages, but often "leaking" from one service to another. Here are a few of the things to watch out for:
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* [[Emoticons]] - smileys, frowneys, etc :-)
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* [[Hashtags, at-signs, retweets, etc.]] - Twitterisms that often turn up elsewhere
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* [[Txtspeak]] - various abbreviations sometimes used in chats
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== Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) ==
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[http://www.masswerk.at/googleBBS/ If Google was an '80s BBS...]
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=== Programs ===
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* [[Fido BBS]]
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* [[Opus-CBCS]] (BBS software)
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** [[Opus Embedded Commands]] (OEC)
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* [[PCBoard]]
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=== Networks, protocols and formats ===
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* [[AVATAR]]
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* [[EMSI/IEMSI]]
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* [[FidoNet message packet]]
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* [[FidoNet nodelist]]
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** [[FidoNet nodediff]]
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* [[FIZ]] (archiver used with Maximus BBS software)
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* [[FOSSIL]]
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* [[IGS]]
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* [[Wazoo]]
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* [[XMODEM]]
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* [[YMODEM]]
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* [[YooHoo]]
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* [[ZMODEM]]
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== Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging ==
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* [[AOL Instant Messenger]]
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* [[ICQ]]
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* [[IRC]] (Internet Relay Chat)
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* [[Puffchat]]
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* [[SMS]] (text messaging on phones)
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* [[Slack]]
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* [[Snapchat]]
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* [[XMPP]] (Jabber)
  
 
== E-Mail ==
 
== E-Mail ==
  
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* [[Blue Wave]]
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=== Standards and protocols ===
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* [[Bang path]]
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* [[Habeas Warrant Mark]]
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* [[IMAP]]
 
* [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
 
* [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
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* [[List-Unsubscribe header]]
 
* [[Maildir]]
 
* [[Maildir]]
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* [[MAPI]]
 
* [[mbox]]
 
* [[mbox]]
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* [[POP3]]
 
* [[QWK]]
 
* [[QWK]]
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* [[SMTP]]
 
* [[SOUP]]
 
* [[SOUP]]
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* [[SPF]]
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* [[T.37]] (fax to e-mail)
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* [[UUCP]]
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* [[X-Face]]
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=== Specific programs ===
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==== Clients ====
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* AOL
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** [[AOL e-mail messages]]
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** [[AOL Personal Filing Cabinet]] (includes e-mail as well as other things)
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* [[Apple Mail]]
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* [[Blue Wave]]
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* [[Eudora]]
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* Lotus Notes
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** [[Notes Storage Facility]] (NSF)
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** [[Notes Structured Text]]
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* [[Mailpile]]
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* [[Microsoft Entourage]]
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* [[Microsoft Outlook]]
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** [[Nickfile]] (NK2)
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** [[Personal Folder File]] (PAB, PST, OST)
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** [[Outlook for Mac Data File]] (OLM)
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** [[Outlook Item File]] (MSG)
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** [[Microsoft Mail]] (.mmf) [https://web.archive.org/web/20111103015607/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/about-microsoft-mail-and-outlook-HA001034780.aspx Discontinued in 2002]
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* [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise)
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* [[Outlook Express Database]] (DBX)
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* [[Pegasus Mail]]
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* [[Pine]]
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* [[Thunderbird]]
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** [[Thunderbird Message File]]
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==== Servers ====
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* [[Mercury]]
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* [[Microsoft Exchange]]
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==== Webmail services ====
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* [[Gmail]]
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* [[Hotmail]]
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* [[ProtonMail]]
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==== E-mail archiving ====
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* [[Mailbag]]
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* [[Sonasoft]]
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== Forums / web comment threads ==
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* [[Discourse]]
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* [[Disqus]]
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* [[Google Groups]]
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* [[phpBB]]
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* [[Yahoo Groups]]
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== Messaging service integration ==
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* [[Slack]]
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== Online Services ==
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(the old, proprietary variety)
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* [[AOL]]
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* [[CompuServe]]
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* [[Prodigy]]
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* [[The Source]]
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== Secure messaging ==
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See also [[Encryption]], [[Security]]
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* [[ByLock]]
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* [[Confide]]
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* [[Crypho]]
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* [[PGP]]
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* [[PKCS7]]
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* [[Privacy-Enhanced Mail (RFC 1421)]]
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* [[ProtonMail]]
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* [[SafeSlinger]]
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* [[saltpack]]
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* [[SecureDrop]] (was DeadDrop)
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* [[Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol]]
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* [[S/MIME]]
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== Social Networking ==
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* [[Discord]]
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* [[Ello]]
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* [[Facebook]]
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* [[Friendster]]
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* [[Google+]]
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* [[Instagram]]
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* [[LinkedIn]]
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* [[Mastodon]]
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* [[MySpace]]
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* [[nostr]]
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* [[Pinterest]]
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* [[pump.io]]
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* [[Quora]]
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* [[Reddit]]
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* [[Snake]]
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* [[SSB (Secure Scuttlebutt)]]
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* [[Tumblr]]
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* [[Twister]]
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* [[Twitter]]
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== Transfer Encodings ==
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This is an incomplete list. For more, see the main [[Transfer Encodings]] article.
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* [[Base64]]
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* [[MIME]]
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* [[MIME types]]
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* [[Quoted-printable]]
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* [[Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format]] (TNEF; winmail.dat)
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* [[Uuencoding]]
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* [[Xxencoding]]
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* [[yEnc]]
  
 
== Usenet ==
 
== Usenet ==
  
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* [[Bang path]]
 
* [[NZB]]
 
* [[NZB]]
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* [[Usenet message format]] ([http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc850 RFC 850]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 RFC 1036]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536 RFC 5536]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5537 RFC 5537])
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* [[Usenet message format]] ([http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc850 RFC 850]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 RFC 1036]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536 RFC 5536]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5537 RFC 5537]; [https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-17.html Discussion of early Usenet format])
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* [[yEnc]]
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* [[UUCP]]
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== Links ==
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=== BBSing ===
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* [http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ Lots of vintage BBS software]
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* [http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/01/modems-warez-and-ansi-art-remembering-bbs-life-at-2400bps/ Modems, wArEz, and ANSI art: Remembering BBS life at 2400bps]
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* [https://archive.org/details/EX1FullManual Elite Exchange One BBS software manual (1989)]
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* [http://breakintochat.com/blog/2014/04/09/second-collection-bbs-related-podcasts/ BBS-related podcasts]
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* [https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED325112 ERIC ED325112: Electronic Bulletin Boards. (April 1986)]
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=== Email ===
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* [http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v7n11/MailChauvinism.php Mail Chauvinism: The Magicians, the Snark and the Camel -- Ted Nelson, 1981]
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* [http://jeffreifman.com/how-to-install-your-own-private-e-mail-server-in-the-amazon-cloud-aws/ How to self-host your own mail server in the cloud]
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* [http://www.propublica.org/article/nsa-says-it-cant-search-own-emails NSA Says It Can’t Search Its Own Emails] (Just everybody else's!)
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* [http://superuser.com/questions/624509/how-can-i-find-out-where-an-email-really-came-from How can I find out where an email really came from?]
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* [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131001/06440924710/new-encrypted-email-services-coming-kim-dotcoms-mega-newzbin.shtml New Encrypted Email Services Coming From Kim Dotcom's Mega And Newzbin]
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* [http://www.darkmail.info/ Dark Mail Alliance] - developing end-to-end encryption for e-mail
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* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ TorBirdy: extension to use Tor encryption with Thunderbird]
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* [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/the-daunting-challenge-of-secure-e-mail.html The Daunting Challenge of Secure E-Mail]
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* [http://verify-email.org/ Verify e-mail addresses online]
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* [http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg87153.html Yahoo breaks every mailing list in the world including the IETF's]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120205214603/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2003/06/the_end_of_history.single.html The End of History: How e-mail is wrecking our national archive] (ironically, the article succumbed to linkrot, but is retrievable from the Internet Archive)
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* [https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ E-mail self-defense guide (encryption)]
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* [https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk-ac-man-scw:226625 Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project - Phases 2-3]
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* [http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2007/R2134.pdf Framework and Functions of the "MS" Personal Message System] (David H. Crocker, 1977)
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* [http://emailclientmarketshare.com/ E-mail client market share]
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* [https://library.stanford.edu/projects/epadd/download EPADD: software for cataloguing e-mail archives]
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* [https://hackernoon.com/the-100-correct-way-to-validate-email-addresses-7c4818f24643#.r1zdfensn The 100% Correct Way to Validate E-Mail Addresses]
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* [https://archive.org/details/CLIR-pub175 The Future of Email Archives: A Report from the Task Force on Technical Approaches for Email Archives]
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=== Newsgroups/Usenet ===
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* [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/03/kickstarting-operator-a-censo.html Kickstarting Operator: a censorship-resistant, shape-shifting newsreader]
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* [http://olduse.net/ olduse.net: "Real time" posting of 30-year-old Usenet posts]
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=== Social networking ===
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* [http://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2013/10/linkedin-intro/ LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity]
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* [http://boingboing.net/2014/03/03/free-download-of-danah-boyds.html Free download of danah boyd's must-read book "It's Complicated"] (about young people and social networking)
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* [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/a-new-tool-to-preserve-moments-on-the-internet/ A Dynamic New Tool to Preserve the Friendsters of the Future (NY Times Blogs)]
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* [https://medium.com/backchannel/a-teenagers-view-on-social-media-1df945c09ac6 A Teenager’s View on Social Media]
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* [https://medium.com/@brianstorms/a-1980-teenagers-view-of-social-media-eaf8a5fdbf6c A 1980 Teenager’s View on Social Media]
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* [https://medium.com/message/an-old-fogeys-analysis-of-a-teenagers-view-on-social-media-5be16981034d An Old Fogey’s Analysis of a Teenager’s View on Social Media]
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=== Misc. ===
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* [http://blog.mehanjayasuriya.com/itp_thesis.pdf Online, Underground: In-progress written history of online messageboards]
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* [http://prism-break.org/ Opt out of PRISM: surveillance-free alternatives to things including social networking and messaging]
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* [http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2013/0614/India-to-send-world-s-last-telegram.-Stop India to send world's last telegram. Stop.]
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* [http://thinkofit.com/plato/dwplato.htm PLATO: The Emergence of Online Community]
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* [http://mediarchaeology.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/the-minitel-frances-1980s-internet/ The Minitel: France's 1980s "Internet"]
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* [http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/07/lolcats-and-libraries-a-conversation-with-internet-librarian-amanda-brennan/ LOLCats and Libraries: A Conversation with Internet Librarian Amanda Brennan] (on the study of Internet memes)
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Formats for the storage or transmission of messages (singly or in groups) for electronic mail, discussion lists, forums, newsgroups, BBSs, social networking, etc. See also Web, Address books and contacts.

Contents

[edit] Abbreviations, conventions, etc. in messaging

Online messages can be a language all their own, with different dialects for different types of messages, but often "leaking" from one service to another. Here are a few of the things to watch out for:

[edit] Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs)

If Google was an '80s BBS...

[edit] Programs

[edit] Networks, protocols and formats

[edit] Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging

[edit] E-Mail

[edit] Standards and protocols

[edit] Specific programs

[edit] Clients

[edit] Servers

[edit] Webmail services

[edit] E-mail archiving

[edit] Forums / web comment threads

[edit] Messaging service integration

[edit] Online Services

(the old, proprietary variety)

[edit] Secure messaging

See also Encryption, Security

[edit] Social Networking

[edit] Transfer Encodings

This is an incomplete list. For more, see the main Transfer Encodings article.

[edit] Usenet

[edit] Links

[edit] BBSing

[edit] Email

[edit] Newsgroups/Usenet

[edit] Social networking

[edit] Misc.

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