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  1. Ray Tomlinson - Wikipedia

    The first email Tomlinson sent was a test message between two computers placed side by side. [22] The content of the message was not preserved, and Tomlinson later described it as …

  2. First email - Guinness World Records

    In 1971, Ray Tomlinson, an engineer at the computer company Bolt, Beranek and Newman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, sent the first ever email. It was initally an experiment to see …

  3. Tomlinson Sends the First E-Mail | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Ray Tomlinson is recognized as the inventor of network e-mail, having developed the first e-mail system in late 1971 while working on a time-sharing computer operating system known as …

  4. Ray Tomlinson sends the first email - Event - Computing History

    Much like the first telegraph or phone call, the first email marked an historic moment in the evolution of communication. Unfortunately, the message itself was less than earth shattering. …

  5. The First E-mail Message of Ray Tomlinson - History-Computer

    May 23, 2025 · In 1971, Richard W. Watson thought of a way to deliver messages and files to numeric printers at remote sites. He filed his “Mail Box Protocol” as a draft standard under …

  6. Email - from the beginning to the number one means of

    Jul 5, 2023 · The first email was sent in 1971 by U.S. programmer Ray Tomlinson (born 23 April, 1941, died 5 March, 2016). While employed by the research company Bolt, Beranek and …

  7. History of Email: From 1965 till today - mailmeteor.com

    Jan 9, 2025 · Before 1971, mail was limited to leaving messages for people on the same computer. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson was working on a government-funded project called …

  8. 1971: The first email – older than the web - enbitcon.com

    In 1971, U.S. programmer Ray Tomlinson sent the first message over ARPANET—long before websites, browsers, and search engines shaped our daily lives. And to this day, email remains …

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    • History of email - Wikipedia

      In 1971 the first message was sent between two computers on the ARPANET. [28] Through RFC 561, RFC 680, RFC 724, and finally 1977's RFC 733, this became a standardized working …

    • Ray Tomlinson - Lemelson

      In 1971, he developed ARPANET's first application for network email by combining the SNDMSG and CPYNET programs, allowing messages to be sent to users on other computers. To …