The Internet's longest-serving PC email system, still being updated
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·February 22, 2025dang
miles
While not receiving any comments or many votes on HN[1], this 4-page article was worth reading too:
I've never been a businessman - https://www.golem.de/news/interview-with-david-harris-i-ve-n...
[1] For 30 years Pegasus Mail has been the project of a single programmer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25526517 - Dec 2020 (0 comments)
jjbinx007
We used to run this on our Novell Netware system and it integrated beautifully.
I still use it occasionally even now when I want to decode attachments from emails that I only have the plain text of.
We also ran Mercury Mail server for a few years as well. The software always felt like it was a labour of love from the author.
felixding
The website was made using FrontPage 3. Ha, that brings back a lot of memories.
Karellen
So nice that the site still has an "email etiquette" page - so few of those still around these days!
layer8
The progress updates promised on https://www.pmail.com/devnews.htm can be found at https://community.pmail.com/index.php?u=/category/progress-u....
cgcrob
Looked after a 1000 seat Pegasus and Mercury installation on Netware in the 90s. Surprised to hear it is still going!
EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK
I remember setting it up in 1996 for our small company:) Was a replacement for Compuserve :)
Related. Others?
Pegasus Mail - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36988047 - Aug 2023 (92 comments)
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Pegasus Mail, 30 Years On - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21975087 - Jan 2020 (46 comments)
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Pegasus Mail: Twenty years and counting... - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2115730 - Jan 2011 (12 comments)