Before there was alt.fun.with.tob, there was Tob's mailing list. Our hero, Chris Anthony Deschenes, saved all his mail while he was on the mailing list. Thanks to him, future generations can enjoy Vintage Tob.
The archives page is set up to look as if you were using "elm" to look at all the mail you recieved from Tob's mailing list.
Disclaimer: This material is a vintage mail from Tob. The account tob@cwis.unomaha.edu is not currently active. If you mail him, he won't reply and if you finger the account, you will not see THE .plan. Since he is no longer around to directly defend himself, I will simply state that this post may include inside jokes, private material, and may or may not reflect his current views/opinions. I have taken the liberty of removing some of the header information, but the body of the message itself is unedited.