I heard we lost Brian Kantor WB6CYT recently. Those in the Amateur radio
community (esp. packet radio) will have heard of him of course, but
apparently he also had a hand in SMTP and NNTP (remember them?) both used
heavily many years ago, along with IPIP.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/11/24/0051236/brian-kantor-internet-and-a…
-- Dave VK2KFU