who invented email?

Answer 1

According to Al Gore, he did.

Answer 2

Actually, the inventors of email were the guys from MTI who demonstrated the concept in 1961.

Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS.

E-mail was quickly extended to become network e-mail, allowing users to pass messages between different computers. The messages could be transferred between users on different computers by 1966, but it is possible the SAGE system had something similar some time before.

The ARPANET computer network made a large contribution to the evolution of e-mail. There is one report which indicates experimental inter-system e-mail transfers on it shortly after its creation, in 1969. Ray Tomlinson initiated the use of the @ sign to separate the names of the user and their machine in 197. The ARPANET significantly increased the popularity of e-mail, and it became the killer app of the ARPANET.

Answer 3

Ray Tomlinson-1971

Answer 4

Hey there Dude,

I KNOW THIS ONE.

Some guy, Ray Tomlinson

Now, it wasn't until the early 80's (when I got involved) that USC Berkley and a bunch of geeks all over the world, including the Navy, got involved to create Sendmail.

After that, it wasn't until 1988 ish when email became publicly available. I think this is when Al Gore invented the internet. HAHAHAHA!

Tom

Answer 5

E-mail predates the Internet; existing e-mail systems were a crucial tool in creating the Internet. MIT first demonstrated the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) in 1961. [1] It allowed multiple users to log into the IBM 7094 [2] from remote dial-up terminals, and to store files online on disk. This new ability encouraged users to share information in new ways. E-mail started in 1965 as a way for multiple users of a time-sharing mainframe computer to communicate. Although the exact history is murky, among the first systems to have such a facility were SDC's Q32 and MIT's CTSS.

E-mail was quickly extended to become network e-mail, allowing users to pass messages between different computers. The messages could be transferred between users on different computers by 1966, but it is possible the SAGE system had something similar some time before.

The ARPANET computer network made a large contribution to the evolution of e-mail. There is one report [1] which indicates experimental inter-system e-mail transfers on it shortly after its creation, in 1969. Ray Tomlinson initiated the use of the @ sign to separate the names of the user and their machine in 1971 [2]. The ARPANET significantly increased the popularity of e-mail, and it became the killer app of the ARPANET.

Answer 6

Ray Tomlinson gave society one of the greatest communication tools in history. He invented email back in 1971 -- essentially fostering global business communication and turning the Internet into a digital kitchen table for far-flung family members.

Answer 7

Don't know Andy. But let's just review some history and I think the jump to email won't be that hard.

For many years, military messaging and I'm sure, Western Union, and others used computers to send mail end to end. Then, it's printed and received by the addressee.

So it's no surprise to me that with the birth of the internet included the capability to send messages. It's still computer to computer.

Answer 8

It started as a network thing. It was invented before the Internet. Check the site below.

P.S.: The site is what Linux OS wrote except I did not copy and paste it. PLAGERISM.

Answer 9

Not sure. But its someone gr E at hahaha

Answer 10

i dont kno, but i would love to meet him/her!!