Did you know…
Email was invented in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. Ray worked as a computer programmer for a research and design company. He invented a messaging system for easy, internal company communication. His mailing system worked across the ARPANET (a forerunner to the internet we now have). It was Ray Tomlinson who introduced the @ symbol to determine where the message was to go.
Well, you know now!
And here are some more email-related gems for you:
- An entry in the 1971 Guinness World Records marks the invention of email that year.
- There are now over 5.5 billion email accounts in existence!
- Almost 2.7 million emails are sent every second.
- About half of your inbox is spam (well, unless you use a spam filter – ask us for more information!)
- Email addresses are not case-sensitive, meaning that you can type them in UPPER or lower case, and it MAKES no DIFFERENCE!
- In 1991 the first email was sent from SPACE! The STS-43 Atlantis crew used AppleLink software to send the message, which read “Hasta la vista baby…we’ll be back!”
- The first commercial email client was Hotmail, which was released on 4th July 1996.
- Emails can be blocked to protect against unwanted, annoying, or malicious emails.
- Emails can be regarded as legal documents in many countries, including the UK.
- POP3 or IMAP? These are different email protocols. POP3 downloads the email from a server to the local computer and then deletes the email from the server. IMAP stores the message on a server and synchronizes the message across multiple devices.
There’s a lot to consider when choosing email accounts, especially if they are for your business.
Give us a call to discuss your requirements and work out what would best suit your particular situation.