Subj : How did you find out about bulletin boards?
To   : Bob Worm
From : nelgin
Date : Wed May 01 2024 00:16:31

  Re: How did you find out about bulletin boards?
  By: Bob Worm to nelgin on Mon Apr 01 2024 21:58:44

 > Oooh, I had definitely not forgotten about Demon Internet but the "tenner a
 > month" slogan had well and truly left my brain! I (or more correctly, my
 > parents) used Demon for a good while - not only a static IP but also a
 > whatever.demon.co.uk subdomain, under which you could use as many e-mail
 > addresses as you liked (in whoever@whatever.demon.co.uk format) and it would
 > kick you SMTP when you came online... A really stand-out offering back in
 > the day.

I used their software, WINDIS, I think. I was fascinated watching the SMTP traffic come through when using debug mode, or maybe it did that all the time. Very smart system. I took a tour of Demon Internet while I was down in London for a job interview. Interesting stuff.

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