On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 11:16, Tim Chown <[email protected]> wrote: >> When I was an undergrad at university I discovered the % method of relaying >> mails >> through other servers. We used to have competitions to have the maximum time >> taken >> for an email to come back, ideally sending email via as many countries as >> possible. >> I think the longest was over a day.
(quoting fixed) > You remind me of the UKnet usage bills we used to get back in I think around > 1990, where iirc emails in and out of the UK via the relay were charged at > 4p/KB. Payment to send or receive. we also found out we could play MUD at Essex U on their Dec10, after hours. Even a text based game was just about bearable using the 1200b/s serial link at Leed's U Boddington Hall library into the cambridge ring at the university and back out to Essex. At first Essex allowed you to play MUD as a guest from early evening onwards but too many people and they changed the hours to be something like 11pm onwards. I had to stop playing in weekdays because I became too tired to function!
