I really hope this whole linking-to-an-image thing is just a fad. Fascinating information; it's super annoying not to be able to copy bits out of it or zoom in without blurring.
In this case, the text of the email is on the Wikipedia article for AltaVista: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
(In case it does, original link was https://twitter.com/alicemazzy/status/655306196128280576 )