Post #448456

2026-02-27 19:42 UTC

I’ve still got a working online account that I’ve retained since 1996. (It’s a @hotmail.com email address). Admittedly it’s gone through a lot of transformations but it still sends and receives email. I used to have an iol.ie email that was older but it got lost during one of that domain’s many acquisitions in the early 2000s. I’m curious about the oldest still functional accounts out there. Some academic orgs I assume? Anyone willing to share if they have one? #mastodaoine #internet

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@allancavanagh@mastodon.social 2026-02-27 19:46

@helvick I’ve a hotmail from around the same time.

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@GrahamDowns@mastodon.africa 2026-02-27 19:52

@helvick I'm still using the same Yahoo account I opened in the late 90s too. Granted, it lay dormant for many years, but about 5 years ago I decided to dust it off and change all my subscriptions back to it, that time when Google was going to terminate free Workspace accounts (they later changed their mind, but by that time I'd already switched everything over, and I wasn't going to switch back).

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@psneeze@mastodon.ie 2026-02-27 19:53

@helvick I bet @mneylon and @topgold have some from the olden days.

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@toddunctious@mastodon.ie 2026-02-27 19:54

@helvick Not terribly old, but I have a me.com account which means I was one of the few people who had an iPhone between July 2008 and February 2011. An Apple nerd in other words 🤣

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@scandigonian@pnw.zone 2026-02-27 20:03

@helvick A few years ago, I had some clients that were still using aol and earthlink accounts.

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