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Ray Tomlinson, 1971
working at a company that was developing an early version of the Internet, called ARPANET. At the time, it was already possible to transmit electronic messages to people who were using different terminals that were attached to the same computer. However, there was no way to transmit messages between two different computers. -
Why the @ sign?
Tomlinson also started the e-mail address format that is used to this day. He chose to use the @ sign in the addresses, since it appeared on standard keyboards but was rarely used. As a result, he felt that it would be unlikely to cause confusion. -
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His idea was...
, he had noticed that it was sometimes difficult for him to get hold of his colleagues in other offices by phone. So, he secretly began working on a program that would enable people to send messages from one computer to another. -
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Nowadays...
E-mail today: Unfortunately, since its invention, e-mail has become problematic. Often, people create fake e-mail addresses as a way to cover up their true identity. Yet despite this, nobody can deny that e-mail has made communication easier and faster. We could say that e-mail has completely changed our world.