Wasn't "earthlink" originally a pioneer e-mail service offered by > Western Union?
No, that was "Easylink." Earthlink was a pioneer ISP run by Scientologists.
MCI Mail was another popular closed e-mail service, and for a while the US Postal Service ran a system which I believe was simply called "E-Mail."
--scott
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