Anyone know what e-mail services they're using here? It doesn't seem to be UUCP or SMTP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL1NaenGPdw
1986: The Joy of E-MAIL | Micro Live | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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In the video the host is connecting to GOLD from his Atari, I think that's Telecom Gold? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecom_Gold
Telecom Gold - Wikipedia

I found an interesting thesis from 2005: https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/1197/, and in Chapter 5: "Getting the Message: Public Electronic Mail Networks," it describes the many incompatible e-mail networks around the world and UK especially. It's a very interesting read and it's well written! It also contained this table of incompatible addressing formats.