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How the @ got into the email address: Communications pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at the age of 74

by Sören Schulte | 07.03.2016 | News

How the @ got into the email address: Communications pioneer Ray Tomlinson dies at the age of 74

He is known as the inventor of the first modern email: In 1971 US informatics expert Ray Tomlinson succeeded in sending a message between two computers for the first time. Email, as we now know it, was born. But something else has also survived the years – the @ sign.

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Tags: Email // Email Security // Ray Tomlinson

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