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Bubblegum, duct tape, and digital handshakes: how email has evolved over the last 40 years to support modern communication
Andrew Theken, Software Architect for Postmark, and Chris Nagele, CTO of Wildbit (Postmark’s parent company) discuss how SMTP, the protocol that powers email, came into being and explore how the protocol has evolved in a — dare we say — elegant way to keep up with the demands of modern users; Shoehorning rich text, cat gifs, security features, and unicorn emojis into a system that was designed almost 40 years ago.
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Andrew Theken, Software Architect for Postmark, and Chris Nagele, CTO of Wildbit (Postmark’s parent company) discuss how SMTP, the protocol that powers email, came into being and explore how the protocol has evolved in a — dare we say — elegant way to keep up with the demands of modern users; Shoehorning rich text, cat gifs, security features, and unicorn emojis into a system that was designed almost 40 years ago.