Ask HN: Who Invented Email?

3 点作者 stereoradonc将近 2 年前

There are many claimants, and Google search reveals a lot of SEO'd information. I am genuinely curious about how the protocol evolved, and please include references based on your statements.

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drpixie将近 2 年前

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email</a><p>(and it wasn't that one guy.)

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daly将近 2 年前

We had email on our IBM 370 back in 1978. It was implemented using a virtual card reader/punch device driver using the as-mentioned VNET.