Eric Allman
Computer programmer and creator of sendmail and its predecessor delivermail, co-founder of Sendmail, Inc., and an influential early internet engineer known for contributions like syslog and email infrastructure design.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 33min
Building the Internet with sendmail's Eric Allman
Eric Allman, creator of sendmail and early internet engineer who also built syslog, shares stories about the origins of email and the messy realities of building software at planetary scale. He recounts designing sendmail’s rule-based glue, watching the internet evolve from ARPANET roots, and his perspective on early AI versus today’s models.
