The first email was just a simple test message
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the first email—a basic test of random characters—laying the foundation for modern digital communication and introducing the iconic @ symbol.
In 1971, engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the world's first email, a modest experiment that sparked a communication revolution. Working on the ARPANET, the internet's precursor, Tomlinson adapted a program to send messages between different computers. He chose the @ symbol to separate usernames from host computers, a decision that became a universal standard.
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