Mailer-daemon - Revision history

Lmsuarez: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_dΩΩ */

2026-02-07T16:55:40Z

mailer_daemon AKA m_dΩΩ

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	Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to [[Los Angeles]] with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.		Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to [[Los Angeles]] with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.


	[[File:daemon02.webp\|500px\|center]]		[[File:daemon02.webp\|500px\|center]]

Nemo: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2026-01-20T17:27:10Z

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	==mailer_daemon AKA m_d==		==mailer_daemon AKA m_d<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/spectral-peaks.html Ω]</sup><sup>[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist Ω]</sup>==
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	The [[UseNet\|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon<ref>An apparent reference both to Sophocles' daimon - a disembodied internal voice that guided all of his decisions - and an entity to which early computer programmers assigned undelivered email without clear cause or reason</ref> (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex\|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks\|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist\|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error\|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>		The [[UseNet\|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon<ref>An apparent reference both to Sophocles' daimon - a disembodied internal voice that guided all of his decisions - and an entity to which early computer programmers assigned undelivered email without clear cause or reason</ref> (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex\|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks\|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist\|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error\|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>

Nemo: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2026-01-20T05:56:54Z

mailer_daemon AKA m_d

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			: <small><kbd>Ωhref# [[mailer-daemon\|mailer_daemon]] :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/spectral-peaks Spectral Peaks].''</kbd></small>

			<small><kbd>Ωref# [[mailer-daemon\|mailer_daemon]] :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/ I, Antichrist].''</kbd></small>

Clintxxx: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2025-12-16T18:46:28Z

mailer_daemon AKA m_d

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	Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift''.		Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift''.

	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, ~~it's~~ sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, its sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

	Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to [[Los Angeles]] with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.		Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to [[Los Angeles]] with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.

Clintxxx: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2025-12-16T18:45:30Z

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	Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.		Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.

	Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' ~~- m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk~~.		Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift''.

	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

Clintxxx: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2025-12-16T18:44:37Z

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	Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.		Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.

	Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s ~~Codex~~ Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' - m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk.		Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' - m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk.

	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

Clintxxx: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2025-11-08T12:25:12Z

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	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

	Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to Los Angeles with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.		Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to [[Los Angeles]] with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.


	[[File:daemon02.webp\|500px\|center]]		[[File:daemon02.webp\|500px\|center]]

Clintxxx: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2025-11-08T12:24:32Z

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	Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Codex Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' - m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk.		Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Codex Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' - m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk.

	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

	Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to Los Angeles with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.		Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to Los Angeles with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.

Clintxxx: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_d */

2025-08-16T22:36:28Z

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	==mailer_daemon AKA m_d==		==mailer_daemon AKA m_d==
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	The [[UseNet\|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon<ref>An apparent reference both to Sophocles' daimon - a disembodied internal voice that guided all of his decisions - and as entity to which early computer programmers assigned undelivered email without clear cause or reason</ref> (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex\|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks\|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist\|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error\|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>		The [[UseNet\|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon<ref>An apparent reference both to Sophocles' daimon - a disembodied internal voice that guided all of his decisions - and an entity to which early computer programmers assigned undelivered email without clear cause or reason</ref> (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex\|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks\|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist\|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error\|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>

	m_d appears to have been a digital autodidact<ref>Much of his personal lexicon can be traced to various UseNet and BBS posting boards - a channel of information perhaps in part responsible for the simultaneously detailed and scattered reference materials.</ref> His work features a startling diversity of reference points (though often including errant or speculative information), including but not limited to Greek Mythology, neuroscience, [[simulation-theory\|simulation theory]], general [[apocrypha\|Christian apocrypha]] and [[Gnosticism\|gnosticism]], [[ornithomancy\|ornithology]], and [[quantum\|quantum theory]]. [[dharma\|Buddhism]] (specifically Tibetan Buddhism) often functions as a central touchpoint in m_d's work, though his relationship with the practice appears at times strained<ref>In a number of entries, m_d addresses a faceless "kadam", pummeling him with questions, often rhetorical or morose.</ref> His interests veer from the academic to the populist - at times heavily referencing toy action figure lore <ref> Mainly [[Transformers\|Transformers]] and [[Gi-joe\|G.I. Joe]].</ref>, video game lore, Japanese anime, hair metal, and action movie lore - with no apparent quality of judgement or change in tone. m_d's three codices of hypertext feature an internal manual citation system, sometimes nested upon itself. These codices do however take advantage of the [[Code-x-digital\|Code-X Digital]] platform, occasionally displaying rudimentary coding and the inclusion of lo-res images (in ''I, Antichrist'' specifically). The texts display no direct poetic formal influence or training.		m_d appears to have been a digital autodidact<ref>Much of his personal lexicon can be traced to various UseNet and BBS posting boards - a channel of information perhaps in part responsible for the simultaneously detailed and scattered reference materials.</ref> His work features a startling diversity of reference points (though often including errant or speculative information), including but not limited to Greek Mythology, neuroscience, [[simulation-theory\|simulation theory]], general [[apocrypha\|Christian apocrypha]] and [[Gnosticism\|gnosticism]], [[ornithomancy\|ornithology]], and [[quantum\|quantum theory]]. [[dharma\|Buddhism]] (specifically Tibetan Buddhism) often functions as a central touchpoint in m_d's work, though his relationship with the practice appears at times strained<ref>In a number of entries, m_d addresses a faceless "kadam", pummeling him with questions, often rhetorical or morose.</ref> His interests veer from the academic to the populist - at times heavily referencing toy action figure lore <ref> Mainly [[Transformers\|Transformers]] and [[Gi-joe\|G.I. Joe]].</ref>, video game lore, Japanese anime, hair metal, and action movie lore - with no apparent quality of judgement or change in tone. m_d's three codices of hypertext feature an internal manual citation system, sometimes nested upon itself. These codices do however take advantage of the [[Code-x-digital\|Code-X Digital]] platform, occasionally displaying rudimentary coding and the inclusion of lo-res images (in ''I, Antichrist'' specifically). The texts display no direct poetic formal influence or training.

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	The [[UseNet\|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex\|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks\|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist\|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error\|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>		The [[UseNet\|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon<ref>An apparent reference both to Sophocles' daimon - a disembodied internal voice that guided all of his decisions - and as entity to which early computer programmers assigned undelivered email without clear cause or reason</ref> (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex\|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks\|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist\|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error\|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>

	m_d appears to have been a digital autodidact<ref>Much of his personal lexicon can be traced to various UseNet and BBS posting boards - a channel of information perhaps in part responsible for the simultaneously detailed and scattered reference materials.</ref> His work features a startling diversity of reference points (though often including errant or speculative information), including but not limited to Greek Mythology, neuroscience, [[simulation-theory\|simulation theory]], general [[apocrypha\|Christian apocrypha]] and [[Gnosticism\|gnosticism]], [[ornithomancy\|ornithology]], and [[quantum\|quantum theory]]. [[dharma\|Buddhism]] (specifically Tibetan Buddhism) often functions as a central touchpoint in m_d's work, though his relationship with the practice appears at times strained<ref>In a number of entries, m_d addresses a faceless "kadam", pummeling him with questions, often rhetorical or morose.</ref> His interests veer from the academic to the populist - at times heavily referencing toy action figure lore <ref> Mainly [[Transformers\|Transformers]] and [[Gi-joe\|G.I. Joe]].</ref>, video game lore, Japanese anime, hair metal, and action movie lore - with no apparent quality of judgement or change in tone. m_d's three codices of hypertext feature an internal manual citation system, sometimes nested upon itself. These codices do however take advantage of the [[Code-x-digital\|Code-X Digital]] platform, occasionally displaying rudimentary coding and the inclusion of lo-res images (in ''I, Antichrist'' specifically). The texts display no direct poetic formal influence or training.		m_d appears to have been a digital autodidact<ref>Much of his personal lexicon can be traced to various UseNet and BBS posting boards - a channel of information perhaps in part responsible for the simultaneously detailed and scattered reference materials.</ref> His work features a startling diversity of reference points (though often including errant or speculative information), including but not limited to Greek Mythology, neuroscience, [[simulation-theory\|simulation theory]], general [[apocrypha\|Christian apocrypha]] and [[Gnosticism\|gnosticism]], [[ornithomancy\|ornithology]], and [[quantum\|quantum theory]]. [[dharma\|Buddhism]] (specifically Tibetan Buddhism) often functions as a central touchpoint in m_d's work, though his relationship with the practice appears at times strained<ref>In a number of entries, m_d addresses a faceless "kadam", pummeling him with questions, often rhetorical or morose.</ref> His interests veer from the academic to the populist - at times heavily referencing toy action figure lore <ref> Mainly [[Transformers\|Transformers]] and [[Gi-joe\|G.I. Joe]].</ref>, video game lore, Japanese anime, hair metal, and action movie lore - with no apparent quality of judgement or change in tone. m_d's three codices of hypertext feature an internal manual citation system, sometimes nested upon itself. These codices do however take advantage of the [[Code-x-digital\|Code-X Digital]] platform, occasionally displaying rudimentary coding and the inclusion of lo-res images (in ''I, Antichrist'' specifically). The texts display no direct poetic formal influence or training.

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	Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.		Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.

	Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' ~~- m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk~~.		Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift''.

	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

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	Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.		Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia\|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy\|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.

	Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s ~~Codex~~ Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' - m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk.		Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox\|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift'' - m_d's veritable gesamtkunstwerk.

	A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>		A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen\|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, it's sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner\|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K\|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>