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* [[FidoNet nodelist]]
 
* [[FidoNet nodelist]]
 
** [[FidoNet nodediff]]
 
** [[FidoNet nodediff]]
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* [[FIZ]] (archiver used with Maximus BBS software)
 
* [[FOSSIL]]
 
* [[FOSSIL]]
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* [[IGS]]
 
* [[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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* [[IMAP]]
 
* [[IMAP]]
 
* [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
 
* [[Internet e-mail message format]] (RFC 733/RFC 822/RFC 2822/RFC 5322)
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* [[List-Unsubscribe header]]
 
* [[Maildir]]
 
* [[Maildir]]
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* [[MAPI]]
 
* [[mbox]]
 
* [[mbox]]
 
* [[POP3]]
 
* [[POP3]]
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* Lotus Notes
 
* Lotus Notes
 
** [[Notes Storage Facility]] (NSF)
 
** [[Notes Storage Facility]] (NSF)
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** [[Notes Structured Text]]
 
* [[Mailpile]]
 
* [[Mailpile]]
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* [[Microsoft Entourage]]
 
* [[Microsoft Outlook]]
 
* [[Microsoft Outlook]]
* [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise)
 
 
** [[Nickfile]] (NK2)
 
** [[Nickfile]] (NK2)
 
** [[Personal Folder File]] (PAB, PST, OST)
 
** [[Personal Folder File]] (PAB, PST, OST)
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** [[Outlook for Mac Data File]] (OLM)
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** [[Outlook Item File]] (MSG)
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** [[Microsoft Mail]] (.mmf) [https://web.archive.org/web/20111103015607/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/about-microsoft-mail-and-outlook-HA001034780.aspx Discontinued in 2002]
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* [[MLM]] (Novell Groupwise)
 
* [[Outlook Express Database]] (DBX)
 
* [[Outlook Express Database]] (DBX)
* [[Outlook Item File]] (MSG)
 
 
* [[Pegasus Mail]]
 
* [[Pegasus Mail]]
 
* [[Pine]]
 
* [[Pine]]
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==== E-mail archiving ====
 
==== E-mail archiving ====
  
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* [[Mailbag]]
 
* [[Sonasoft]]
 
* [[Sonasoft]]
  
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== Social Networking ==
 
== Social Networking ==
  
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* [[Discord]]
 
* [[Ello]]
 
* [[Ello]]
 
* [[Facebook]]
 
* [[Facebook]]
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* [[Instagram]]
 
* [[Instagram]]
 
* [[LinkedIn]]
 
* [[LinkedIn]]
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* [[Mastodon]]
 
* [[MySpace]]
 
* [[MySpace]]
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* [[nostr]]
 
* [[Pinterest]]
 
* [[Pinterest]]
 
* [[pump.io]]
 
* [[pump.io]]
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* [[Quora]]
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* [[Reddit]]
 
* [[Snake]]
 
* [[Snake]]
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* [[SSB (Secure Scuttlebutt)]]
 
* [[Tumblr]]
 
* [[Tumblr]]
 
* [[Twister]]
 
* [[Twister]]
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== Transfer Encodings ==
 
== Transfer Encodings ==
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This is an incomplete list. For more, see the main [[Transfer Encodings]] article.
  
* [[ASCII Encoded HP 48 Object]] (ASC)
 
 
* [[Base64]]
 
* [[Base64]]
* [[Crockford Base32]]
 
 
* [[MIME]]
 
* [[MIME]]
 
* [[MIME types]]
 
* [[MIME types]]
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* [[Xxencoding]]
 
* [[Xxencoding]]
 
* [[yEnc]]
 
* [[yEnc]]
 
See also the main article, [[Transfer Encodings]].
 
  
 
== Usenet ==
 
== Usenet ==
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* [[Bang path]]
 
* [[Bang path]]
 
* [[NZB]]
 
* [[NZB]]
* [[Usenet message format]] ([http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc850 RFC 850]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 RFC 1036]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536 RFC 5536]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5537 RFC 5537])
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* [[Usenet message format]] ([http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc850 RFC 850]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1036 RFC 1036]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536 RFC 5536]/[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5537 RFC 5537]; [https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2019-11/2019-11-17.html Discussion of early Usenet format])
 
* [[UUCP]]
 
* [[UUCP]]
  
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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://library.stanford.edu/projects/epadd/download EPADD: software for cataloguing e-mail archives]
 
* [https://library.stanford.edu/projects/epadd/download EPADD: software for cataloguing e-mail archives]
 
* [https://hackernoon.com/the-100-correct-way-to-validate-email-addresses-7c4818f24643#.r1zdfensn The 100% Correct Way to Validate E-Mail Addresses]
 
* [https://hackernoon.com/the-100-correct-way-to-validate-email-addresses-7c4818f24643#.r1zdfensn The 100% Correct Way to Validate E-Mail Addresses]
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* [https://archive.org/details/CLIR-pub175 The Future of Email Archives: A Report from the Task Force on Technical Approaches for Email Archives]
  
 
=== Newsgroups/Usenet ===
 
=== Newsgroups/Usenet ===

Latest revision as of 12:41, 25 October 2024

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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

[edit] 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:

[edit] Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs)

If Google was an '80s BBS...

[edit] Programs

[edit] Networks, protocols and formats

[edit] Chat, Texting and Instant Messaging

[edit] E-Mail

[edit] Standards and protocols

[edit] Specific programs

[edit] Clients

[edit] Servers

[edit] Webmail services

[edit] E-mail archiving

[edit] Forums / web comment threads

[edit] Messaging service integration

[edit] Online Services

(the old, proprietary variety)

[edit] Secure messaging

See also Encryption, Security

[edit] Social Networking

[edit] Transfer Encodings

This is an incomplete list. For more, see the main Transfer Encodings article.

[edit] Usenet

[edit] Links

[edit] BBSing

[edit] Email

[edit] Newsgroups/Usenet

[edit] Social networking

[edit] Misc.

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