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* [[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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* [[T.37]] (fax to e-mail)
 
* [[T.37]] (fax to e-mail)
 
* [[UUCP]]
 
* [[UUCP]]
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* [[X-Face]]
  
 
=== Specific programs ===
 
=== Specific programs ===
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** [[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]]
  
 
==== Servers ====
 
==== Servers ====
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== Secure messaging ==
 
== Secure messaging ==
  
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See also [[Encryption]], [[Security]]
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* [[ByLock]]
 
* [[Confide]]
 
* [[Confide]]
 
* [[Crypho]]
 
* [[Crypho]]
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* [[ProtonMail]]
 
* [[ProtonMail]]
 
* [[SafeSlinger]]
 
* [[SafeSlinger]]
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* [[saltpack]]
 
* [[SecureDrop]] (was DeadDrop)
 
* [[SecureDrop]] (was DeadDrop)
 
* [[Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol]]
 
* [[Silent Circle Instant Messaging Protocol]]
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== Social Networking ==
 
== Social Networking ==
  
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* [[Ello]]
 
* [[Facebook]]
 
* [[Facebook]]
 
* [[Friendster]]
 
* [[Friendster]]
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* [[Crockford Base32]]
 
* [[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)
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=== Email ===
 
=== 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!)
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* [https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk-ac-man-scw:226625 Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project - Phases 2-3]
 
* [https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk-ac-man-scw:226625 Carcanet Press Email Preservation Project - Phases 2-3]
 
* [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)
 
* [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]
  
 
=== Newsgroups/Usenet ===
 
=== Newsgroups/Usenet ===
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* [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"]
 
* [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://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

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

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