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Also:

It was insecure, there was no trust model and no encryption, so no proof of authorship, no proof of server identity.

It was too public. Not everyone wants their conversations out in the open.

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Whilst authentication was generally lacking, PGP was available and tended to be used for, e.g., security announcements.

Not widely adopted, of course.

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