MSG can fairly be called the first modern email program. Dave Crocker (see MS below) feels the Answer command was revolutionary: "My subjective sense was that propagation of MSG resulted in an exponential explosion of email use, over roughly a 6-month period.
www.livinginternet.com/e/ei.htm
Most likely the first message was QWERTYUIOP or something similar. When I was satisfied that the program seemed to work, I sent a message to the rest of my group explaining how to send messages over the network. The first use of network email announced its own existence.
openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html
It is frequently said that I invented the at sign. Usually, this is intended as a metaphor for writing the first email program. But, just in case... No, I did not invent the at sign! This is one of a number of frequently made mistakes.
openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/home.html
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Probably the first Email Client program with the ability to send multiple attachments using just Progress V9.1. ... This is probably the first email client program written using Progress. But this program does have the ability to send multiple attachments using UUENCODED encoding method.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jbozz/html/progress.htm
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www.prweb.com/releases/2003/11/prweb90166.htm
You couldn't send mail to * * (that is, all users on all projects) unless your programmer number or problem number was canned into the MAIL program. ... The First Spam? ... (I don't really like to use the term "e-mail" or "email." I usually just call it "mail." The use of electrons for mail may someday become quaint,
www.multicians.org/thvv/mail-history.html
Sydney, Australia - 17 February, 2002 (PRN):ThumbSecure eMail P/L a division of ThumbAccess Biometrics Corporation announced today the launch of ThumbSecure eMail, a totally secure and comprehensive email program - where only the intended recipient can read email received in their name, as all data and attachments...
www.pressreleasenetwork.com/pr-2002/feb/mainpr1065.htm
Tomlinson's new program almost instantly became the first killer app. "After we delivered the enhanced version of SNDMSG to other sites, (so that there was someone out there ... General: Main page The First Email A Brief History; GUI Software: Outlook Express Netscape Mail Web Email; Textual Software: pine elm...
www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2002/cmsc434-0101/MUIseum/ap... www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2002/cmsc434-0101/MUIseum/applications/firstemail.html
The histories of ideas and concepts are at least as complicated as they are interesting, and it's usually difficult to point to a historical "first". Still, there must have been a first email, and luckily we know quite a bit about how it came about and when it was sent. ... The first email program was born.
email.about.com/cs/emailhistory/a/first_email.htm email.about.com/cs/emailhistory/a/first_email.htm