Raymond Samuel Tomlinson timeline

Oct 2, 1941

Born

Raymond S. Tomlinson born in Amsterdam, New York October 2nd in 1941.
Jan 1, 1968

Computer Engineer

Ray Tomlinson worked as a computer engineer for Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), the company hired by the United States Defense Department to build the first Internet in 1968.
Jan 1, 1968

CYPNET

Tomlinson used a file transfer protocol that he was working on called CYPNET to adapt the SNDMSG program so it could send electronic messages to any computer on the ARPANET network.
Jul 1, 1971

First Email

Raymond Samuel Tomlinson is a US programmer who implemented an email system in 1971 on the ARPANET. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to the ARPAnet.
Sep 3, 1972

TENEX

The next release of TENEX went out in early 1972 and included the version of SNDMSG with network mail capabilities. The CPYNET protocol was soon replaced with a real file transfer protocol having specific mail handling features. Later, a number of more general mail protocols were developed.
Jan 1, 1973

@ Sign

Ray Tomlinson chose the @ symbol to tell which user was "at" what computer. The @ goes inbetween the user's login name and the name of his/her host computer.
Jan 1, 2001

Webby Award

In 2001 he received a Webby Award from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for lifetime achievement

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