• unalivejoy@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    At least in the early days of email before gmail, hotmail, or yahoo, you would get assigned an email from your work, university, or ISP.

    • Jupiter Rowland@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Exactly why most Germans only had a @t-online.de address back in the day. The only exceptions were those who needed an e-mail account before they had their own home and their own landline connection.