Age of e mail
Email, as we know it today, was first introduced in the early 1970s. However, the concept of electronic mail dates back to the 1960s. Here's a brief timeline of the evolution of email:
- 1965: The first email-like system was developed by Ray Tomlinson, a computer programmer, who sent the first email message between two computers. The message was sent over a network called the United States Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) network.
- 1971: The first email client was developed by Larry Roberts, a computer programmer, who created a program called SNDMSG, which allowed users to send and receive email messages.
- 1972: The first email service was launched by the University of Hawaii, which allowed students to send and receive email messages using a program called MSG.
- 1978: The first commercial email service was launched by CompuServe, a computer company, which allowed users to send and receive email messages using a program called Electronic Mail.
- 1982: The first email client for personal computers was developed by IBM, which allowed users to send and receive email messages using a program called PROFS (Program for Office Systems).
- 1985: The first graphical email client was developed by Microsoft, which allowed users to send and receive email messages using a program called Microsoft Mail.
- 1991: The Internet Protocol (IP) was introduced, which allowed email messages to be sent and received over the internet using a program called SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol).
- 1993: The first web-based email service was launched by Hotmail, which allowed users to access their email accounts using a web browser.
- 1996: The first spam email was sent, which marked the beginning of the spam era.
- 2000s: Email became a ubiquitous form of communication, with the rise of web-based email services like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Outlook.com.
Today, email is an essential part of modern communication, with billions of people around the world using email to send and receive messages, attachments, and files.