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Re:E-mail is the Universal Platform by ams6110 on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @04:22PM (#3425962)
Big as it is, it's still closed. How do I communicate with a person on Facebook when I don't have a Facebook account (I don't). Email has no such barrier: if you have email -- from any provider -- you can email anyone else.
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Re:E-mail is the Universal Platform by ta12121 on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @05:30PM (#3426230)
I thought you could specify a username and receive mail as [email protected].
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