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Eric Allman

Eric Paul Allman (born September 2, 1955) is an American computer programmer who developed sendmail and its precursor delivermail in the late 1970s and early 1980s at UC Berkeley. In 1998, Allman and Greg Olson co-founded the company Sendmail, Inc.

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Sendmail and Syslog

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Known for
Sendmail, Syslog
Occupation
Programmer
Education
University of California, Berkeley (BS, MS)
Born
(1955-09-02) September 2, 1955 (age 70) El Cerrito, California, U.S.
Employer
Sendmail
Spouse
Marshall Kirk McKusick

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Education and training

Sendmail and Syslog

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Personal life

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Eric Allman

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples24
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
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Eric Allman

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related to External links · 9
Eric Allman → BerkeleyFormer, Biography, Chief Science Officer, December, Homepage, Salon, Sendmail, Wayback Machine, You've
related to Personal life · 8
Eric Allman → Allman, Berkeley, BSD, California, Marshall Kirk McKusick, McKusick, October, The
Born · 1
Eric Allman → (1955-09-02) September 2, 1955 (age 70) El Cerrito, California, U.S.
Education · 1
Eric Allman → University of California, Berkeley (BS, MS)
Employer · 1
Eric Allman → Sendmail
Known for · 1
Eric Allman → Sendmail, Syslog
Occupation · 1
Eric Allman → Programmer
Spouse · 1
Eric Allman → Marshall Kirk McKusick
Title · 1
Eric Allman → Chief Science Officer

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sendmail berkeley allman uc syslog california born internet bsd 1998 unix mta programmer delivermail known mckusick education computing used later

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Eric AllmanBorn(1955-09-02) September 2, 1955 (age 70) El Cerrito, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Eric AllmanEducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS, MS)1.00infobox
Eric AllmanEmployerSendmail1.00infobox
Eric AllmanKnown forSendmail, Syslog1.00infobox
Eric AllmanOccupationProgrammer1.00infobox
Eric AllmanSpouseMarshall Kirk McKusick1.00infobox
Eric AllmanTitleChief Science Officer1.00infobox
Eric Allmanrelated to External linksHomepage0.60section
Eric Allmanrelated to External linksBerkeleyFormer0.60section
Eric Allmanrelated to External linksSendmail0.60section
Eric Allmanrelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
Eric Allmanrelated to External linksYou've0.60section

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