Technology
What year was the first email sent?
1971
Background
The first email was sent in 1971 by engineer Ray Tomlinson. He was working on an early internet called ARPANET. He later admitted he had forgotten what the first message said. Tomlinson also invented using the @ sign to split name from server.
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