E-mail, in the form of network messages, existed from the early days of the Internet(The Arpanet). Ray Tomlinson developed the first email application for the ARPANET in 1971. Read more here. http://www.livinginternet.com/?e/ei.htm
On Saturday 12 October 2002 10:48 pm, Nikhil Joshi wrote: > Hi! > > Have a look at page 2 of today's ( Sun Oct 13) Mumbai Newsline (supplement > of The Indian Express ) > Following is the comment at the end of the paragraph : S Ganesan and his > email account : > > He wants to thank whoever invented email, but doesn't know if it should be > Sabeer Bhatia or Microsoft > > I am confused. > I mean Microsoft didnt invent email right? > It was right frm the age old days of Internet I guess ... > Also Sabeer Bhatia invented Hotmail ( I still dunno why it was > earth - shattering . Can ny1 enlighten on this pls ?) > > So who invented email ? -- Bhargav Bhatt, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University. _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

