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		jbverschoor on Feb 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gluon, a high-performance IMAP library Most protocols were clear text and session based. Simply connect to a pier and start talking English to the server Kind of like Siri lol

globular-toast on Feb 25, 2023 [–]

I remember randomly trying to connect to an FTP server with telnet and being shocked that it actually worked. I was even able to figure out the commands although couldn't figure out how downloads would work (until I read about how FTP works).

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