[ILUG-BOM] [OT] who invented email?

[Himanshu shukla]

I was finding the history of a few technologies as a part of my mba studies=
.

Heres some insight for email:

"The first email message was sent in late 1971 by a computer engineer named=
 Ray Tomilson. While the exact message is not known, it is believed to be=
 something like "QWERTYIOP".=20

Ray Tomilson is also the person who picked up the "@" as the locator symbol=
 in the email address.=20

For more info, check out:
http://www.vicomsoft.us/knowledge/reference/email.history.html
http://www.pretext.com/mar98/features/story2.htm

--
Himanshu

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikhil Joshi <nikhil_joshi@gmx.net>
To: ilug <linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in>
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:18:00 +0530 (IST)=20
Subject: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] who invented email?

Hi!

Have a look at page 2 of today's ( Sun Oct 13) Mumbai Newsline (supplement=
=20
of The Indian Express )
Following is the comment at the end of the paragraph : S Ganesan and his=20
email account :

He wants to thank whoever invented email, but doesn't know if it should be 
Sabeer Bhatia or Microsoft

I am confused.
I mean Microsoft didnt invent email right?
It was right frm the age old days of Internet I guess ...
Also Sabeer Bhatia invented Hotmail ( I still dunno why it was 
earth - shattering . Can ny1 enlighten on this pls ?)

So who invented email ?

--
Nikhil Joshi




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