The 41-Year History of Email

Whether you consider Morse code or telegrams to be the original electronic mail, sending text from one person to the next has certainly evolved. Take a look at how email officially clicked and has become a major part of our lives, consuming 28% of our workday.

1971: U.S. programmer Raymond Tomlinson allegedly sent QWERTYUIOP as the first network email, and he was the first to connect his computer to his mailbox by using an @ symbol.

1977: Tomlinsons emailing method worked for networked computers using the same software, but many people began using the Department of Defenses Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPA) to connect outside networks.

1981:…
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