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* [[FidoNet message packet]]
 
* [[FidoNet message packet]]
 
* [[FidoNet nodelist]]
 
* [[FidoNet nodelist]]
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** [[FidoNet nodediff]]
 
* [[FOSSIL]]
 
* [[FOSSIL]]
 
* [[Wazoo]]
 
* [[Wazoo]]
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* [[XMODEM]]
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* [[YMODEM]]
 
* [[YooHoo]]
 
* [[YooHoo]]
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* [[ZMODEM]]
  
 
== Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging ==
 
== Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging ==
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=== Standards and protocols ===
 
=== Standards and protocols ===
  
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* [[Bang path]]
 
* [[Habeas Warrant Mark]]
 
* [[Habeas Warrant Mark]]
 
* [[IMAP]]
 
* [[IMAP]]
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* [[SPF]]
 
* [[SPF]]
 
* [[T.37]] (fax to e-mail)
 
* [[T.37]] (fax to e-mail)
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* [[UUCP]]
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* [[X-Face]]
  
 
=== Specific programs ===
 
=== Specific programs ===
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==== Clients ====
  
 
* AOL
 
* AOL
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* [[Blue Wave]]
 
* [[Blue Wave]]
 
* [[Eudora]]
 
* [[Eudora]]
* [[Gmail]]
 
* [[Hotmail]]
 
 
* Lotus Notes
 
* Lotus Notes
 
** [[Notes Storage Facility]] (NSF)
 
** [[Notes Storage Facility]] (NSF)
 
* [[Mailpile]]
 
* [[Mailpile]]
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* [[Microsoft Outlook]]
 
* [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise)
 
* [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise)
* Outlook
 
 
** [[Nickfile]] (NK2)
 
** [[Nickfile]] (NK2)
 
** [[Personal Folder File]] (PAB, PST, OST)
 
** [[Personal Folder File]] (PAB, PST, OST)
 
* [[Outlook Express Database]] (DBX)
 
* [[Outlook Express Database]] (DBX)
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* [[Outlook Item File]] (MSG)
 
* [[Pegasus Mail]]
 
* [[Pegasus Mail]]
 
* [[Pine]]
 
* [[Pine]]
 
* [[Thunderbird]]
 
* [[Thunderbird]]
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** [[Thunderbird Message File]]
  
== Forums ==
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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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* [[Sonasoft]]
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== Forums / web comment threads ==
  
 
* [[Discourse]]
 
* [[Discourse]]
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* [[Disqus]]
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* [[Google Groups]]
 
* [[phpBB]]
 
* [[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]]
  
 
== Secure messaging ==
 
== Secure messaging ==
  
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See also [[Encryption]], [[Security]]
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* [[ByLock]]
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* [[Confide]]
 
* [[Crypho]]
 
* [[Crypho]]
* [[DeadDrop]]
 
 
* [[PGP]]
 
* [[PGP]]
 
* [[PKCS7]]
 
* [[PKCS7]]
 
* [[Privacy-Enhanced Mail (RFC 1421)]]
 
* [[Privacy-Enhanced Mail (RFC 1421)]]
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* [[ProtonMail]]
 
* [[SafeSlinger]]
 
* [[SafeSlinger]]
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* [[saltpack]]
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* [[SecureDrop]] (was DeadDrop)
 
* [[Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol]]
 
* [[Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol]]
 
* [[S/MIME]]
 
* [[S/MIME]]
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== Social Networking ==
 
== Social Networking ==
  
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* [[Ello]]
 
* [[Facebook]]
 
* [[Facebook]]
 
* [[Friendster]]
 
* [[Friendster]]
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== Transfer Encodings ==
 
== Transfer Encodings ==
  
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* [[ASCII Encoded HP 48 Object]] (ASC)
 
* [[Base64]]
 
* [[Base64]]
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* [[Crockford Base32]]
 
* [[MIME]]
 
* [[MIME]]
* [[Mime-type]]
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* [[MIME types]]
 
* [[Quoted-printable]]
 
* [[Quoted-printable]]
 
* [[Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format]] (TNEF; winmail.dat)
 
* [[Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format]] (TNEF; winmail.dat)
 
* [[Uuencoding]]
 
* [[Uuencoding]]
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* [[Xxencoding]]
 
* [[yEnc]]
 
* [[yEnc]]
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See also the main article, [[Transfer Encodings]].
  
 
== Usenet ==
 
== Usenet ==
  
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* [[Bang path]]
 
* [[NZB]]
 
* [[NZB]]
 
* [[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])
 
* [[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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* [[UUCP]]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [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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=== BBSing ===
* [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://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]  
 
* [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]
 
* [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]
 
* [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!)
 
* [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!)
 
* [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?]
 
* [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?]
 
* [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]
 
* [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]
* [http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/ Lots of vintage BBS software]
 
* [http://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2013/10/linkedin-intro/ LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity]
 
 
* [http://www.darkmail.info/ Dark Mail Alliance] - developing end-to-end encryption for e-mail
 
* [http://www.darkmail.info/ Dark Mail Alliance] - developing end-to-end encryption for e-mail
 
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ TorBirdy: extension to use Tor encryption with Thunderbird]
 
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/torbirdy/ TorBirdy: extension to use Tor encryption with Thunderbird]
 
* [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/the-daunting-challenge-of-secure-e-mail.html The Daunting Challenge of Secure E-Mail]
 
* [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/11/the-daunting-challenge-of-secure-e-mail.html The Daunting Challenge of Secure E-Mail]
 
* [http://verify-email.org/ Verify e-mail addresses online]
 
* [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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=== Newsgroups/Usenet ===
 
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/03/kickstarting-operator-a-censo.html Kickstarting Operator: a censorship-resistant, shape-shifting newsreader]
 
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/01/03/kickstarting-operator-a-censo.html Kickstarting Operator: a censorship-resistant, shape-shifting newsreader]
* [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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* [http://olduse.net/ olduse.net: "Real time" posting of 30-year-old Usenet posts]
* [http://thinkofit.com/plato/dwplato.htm PLATO: The Emergence of Online Community]
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=== Social networking ===
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* [http://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2013/10/linkedin-intro/ LinkedIn ‘Intro’duces Insecurity]
 
* [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)
 
* [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]
 
* [http://mediarchaeology.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/the-minitel-frances-1980s-internet/ The Minitel: France's 1980s "Internet"]
 
* [http://mediarchaeology.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/the-minitel-frances-1980s-internet/ The Minitel: France's 1980s "Internet"]
* [https://archive.org/details/EX1FullManual Elite Exchange One BBS software manual (1989)]
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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)
* [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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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

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:

Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs)

If Google was an '80s BBS...

Programs

Networks, protocols and formats

Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging

E-Mail

Standards and protocols

Specific programs

Clients

Servers

Webmail services

E-mail archiving

Forums / web comment threads

Messaging service integration

Online Services

(the old, proprietary variety)

Secure messaging

See also Encryption, Security

Social Networking

Transfer Encodings

See also the main article, Transfer Encodings.

Usenet

Links

BBSing

Email

Newsgroups/Usenet

Social networking

Misc.

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
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