From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id b7999c2a for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:46:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 57FBE93D3C; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:46:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 857BF93D1B; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:46:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C7A0B93D1B; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:46:24 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta29p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta29p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.93]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E359C93D09 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:46:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep29p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200220004621.JAJG6095.viclafep29p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:46:21 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedugedrkedugddvjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5DF700CC0AF965EC for tuhs@tuhs.org; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:46:21 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 01K0kK9a006622 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:46:20 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 01K0kJBZ006619 for ; Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:46:20 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:46:19 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] Who is the inventor of email? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, Ed Carp wrote: > I've noticed that some guy named Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai is all over > Twitter, claiming that he is the inventor of email. He doesn't look like > he's nearly old enough. I thought it was Ray Tomlinson. Looks like he's > trying to create some press for his Senate run. > > Anyone older that me here that can either confirm or deny? Thanks! Ray Tomlinson is said to have first used the "@" symbol, but email as such certainly existed before then; I first used it in the 70s on an IBM 360, but it was definitely already in use at the time. -- Dave