sendmail.net: An Interview with Eric Allman | Linux Today

sendmail.net: An Interview with Eric Allman

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 20, 1999

Eric Allman, the original author of sendmail, is a leading
member of the Sendmail Consortium and a longtime contributor to
Berkeley Unix.
He wrote the -me macros, tset, trek, syslog,
and vacation. Eric spoke with us about sendmail’s history, open
standards, spam and viruses, and future features in sendmail.”

“We’ve heard you referred to more than once as “one of the
inventors of the Internet.” Not to make you blush.”

“Well, I don’t think that’s true. Many people today want to be
thought of as the Father of the Internet, but I certainly don’t
qualify.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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