The Top 10
Historical E-mail Messages

10> From: agore@localhost To: agore@localhost Subject: Woo-Hoo! Hey, check it out, this is the first e-mail message ever!

9> From: Isabella@royal.gov.es To: Ferdinand@royal.gov.es Subject: Fwd: Shortcut That Columbus weirdo thinks he knows a better way to the East Indies and he wants you to fund his voyage! LOL!

8> From: TexasExGov@texasgov.gov To: FloridaGov@floridagov.gov Subject: Favor Hey Bro, remember back when I told Dad that you’d been in bed all night and you said that you owed me a big favor? I’m ready to cash in. It’s a “Gore”y one, if you know what what I mean.

7> To: General@army.gov From: PearlHarborRadarOperations@state.hi.us Subject: You’re off course Those bombers you’re sending to us seem to be coming in from the wrong direction… and there are a lot more of them… whazzup?

6> From: Richard_Nixon@whitehouse.gov To: all_staff@whithouse.gov Subject: memory going Can we look into having tape recorders installed so I can check back on all my conversations later?

5> To: Abraham_Lincoln@whitehouse.gov From: Ulysses_Grant@army.mil Subject: Our American Cousin I heard the play stinks. You sure you want to go?

4> From: writingstaff@cbs.com To: letterman@cbs.com Subject: daily segment for your talk show Dave, check out this Web site: www.topfive.com. I think we could incorporate something like this into your show. But we’ll have to call it something other than “Top 5″ in order to avoid a lawsuit. Any ideas?

3> From: George.Washington@whitehouse.gov To: John.Adams@whitehouse.gov Subject: Domain names Just a quick reminder to make sure that you register whitehouse.COM before someone else does!

2> From: alex_g@bell.com To: watson@ge.com Subject: Modem Consarnit, Watson! Why can’t I use my phone while this devilish contraption is connected to the line?

and the Number 1 Historical E-mail Message…

1> From: n_armstrong@eagle.nasa.gov To: lunar_control@houston.nasa.gov Subject: Are we there yet? (EOM)

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Credits:

Selected from 27 submissions from 11 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Bruce Kane, Bentonville, AR — 1, 3, 9
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 2, Topic
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 4
Josh Sinnett, Bellingham, WA — 4, 5
Barry Wallace, Knoxville, TN — 5
Todd Sinclair, Whidbey Is, WA — 6
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 7
Bill Ervin, Tigard, OR — 8
Kevin van Houten, The Colony, TX — 10
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator