COM 125 Week 2: "I am sorry this is late"

One of the most influential inventions throughout Internet history would have to be the invention of e-mail. The year 1966 was important for electronic mail, because this was the year that mail was able to be sent between people on different computers. This revolutionized the way people communicate. It makes it so much easier to get a hold of bosses, friends, family, co-workers, etc. The invention of the email acts as a safe, comfortable way people can communicate to each other. People are much more likely to talk more freely, and have more confidence when they can talk via e-mail, rather than on the phone, where they aren't able to edit their dialogue. E-mail actually was invented before the Internet. E-mail originated from ideas that users of time-sharing mainframe computers could communicate, starting in 1965. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson came up with the common "@" sign to separate the user and their network machine they were using. Like everything, email took time before it was perfected and now we have many email clients like: Hotmail , Yahoo, and Gmail. With a few clicks of a mouse button, your emails can be sent to any other computer in the world. E-mail has greatly influenced the Internet we use today because it has made contacting people so much easier, and faster. With the modern Internet, and its high speed availability, e-mail has been made extremely convenient. The picture above is clearly poking fun at how dependent we have become on email. Even my mother, who doesn't know how to play a DVD knows how to e-mail me while I'm at school with a list of things i should remember to do. E-mail is free, quick, efficient, and extremely easy to do. E-mail is one of the most important inventions that led to the Internet we have today.