top | item 36594167 Ask HN: Who Invented Email? 3 points| stereoradonc | 2 years ago 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. 6 comments order hn newest drpixie|2 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email(and it wasn't that one guy.) jepler|2 years ago for those who didn't know who "that one guy" is, I guess the discussion is about the person named in this article, who likes to sue people about it. https://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-claims-he-invented-email-jus... stereoradonc|2 years ago There's a reason I didn't rely on the WikiPedia! It can be edited. load replies (1) daly|2 years ago 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.
drpixie|2 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_email(and it wasn't that one guy.) jepler|2 years ago for those who didn't know who "that one guy" is, I guess the discussion is about the person named in this article, who likes to sue people about it. https://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-claims-he-invented-email-jus... stereoradonc|2 years ago There's a reason I didn't rely on the WikiPedia! It can be edited. load replies (1)
jepler|2 years ago for those who didn't know who "that one guy" is, I guess the discussion is about the person named in this article, who likes to sue people about it. https://gizmodo.com/the-guy-who-claims-he-invented-email-jus...
stereoradonc|2 years ago There's a reason I didn't rely on the WikiPedia! It can be edited. load replies (1)
daly|2 years ago 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.
drpixie|2 years ago
(and it wasn't that one guy.)
jepler|2 years ago
stereoradonc|2 years ago
daly|2 years ago