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Ray Tomlinson invented the first version of e-mails
Ray created a program that gave users the ability to send messages between connected computers only on the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network system. -
The Other Inventor’s Email Program
There is an ongoing debate over the inventor of email. Shiva Ayyadurai claims a program he created as a 14-year-old is the true first version of email. Ayyadurai built his interoffice software program for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He called “EMAIL" -
Outlook’s founder Towards the end of the decade
Microsoft released its first markable email product, MSMail. There were versions for both Macs and PCs. It was seen as the ancestor for the Exchange and Outlook products. -
Email in Space
Email went galactic in the early ‘90s. That’s when the crew of the Atlantis Shuttle used a Macintosh Portable to send the first email from space. -
Making Email More than Text
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) made email much more flexible, supporting text in character sets other than ASCII. It also made it possible to include multimedia attachments such as images, audio, and videos. -
Gmail Changes the Game
When Gmail launched in 2004, it raised the bar among webmail competitors. For starters, Gmail offered one whole gigabyte of storage space, which doesn’t sound like much now, but it was way more than normal at the time -
Delivering Email Perfection
Email marketing isn’t easy. In 2009, Thies siblings launched a new endeavor to help marketers deliver email perfection. The challenge John and Michelle faced was explaining to their clients why email clients rendered campaigns differently. So, instead of explaining the problem, they chose to create a solution. -
Emails Get Responsive
Apple was already releasing the iPhone 4, and smartphones had become a must-have item. The rise of smartphones presented another challenge for email marketers
