Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id LAA18035; Wed, 22 May 1996 11:43:24 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.6); Wed, 22 May 1996 11:43:16 -0400 Received: from leftbank.com (lbo.leftbank.com [192.31.227.130]) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id LAA18001; Wed, 22 May 1996 11:43:13 -0400 Received: from elbereth.leftbank.com.leftbank by leftbank.com (4.1/Leftbank1.0) id AA09713; Wed, 22 May 96 11:43:39 EDT From: cos@leftbank.com (Ofer Inbar) Message-Id: <9605221543.AA09713@leftbank.com> Subject: Re: A name for Internet mail To: drums@cs.utk.edu Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 11:43:48 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: from "Dave Crocker" at May 22, 96 07:56:51 am Organization: The Left Bank Operation - http://www.leftbank.com/ Reply-To: cos@leftbank.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > I did a single-sample experiment yesterday with a non-technical > user and she came up with exactly the term that had occurred to me: imail. > It is a small variation on email but contains the critical, additional, > information. I express no opinion on whether this is a good name or not. But if it were to be used, it should be "I-mail", to make it clear that the "I" is said as "eye". -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@cs.brandeis.edu -- The Left Bank Operation -- lbo@leftbank.com http://www.leftbank.com "OSI is a beautiful dream, and TCP/IP is living it!" -- Einar Stefferud , IETF mailing list, 12 May 1992