Van Vleck and Morris also
wrote an instant messaging tool into the software. An unknown hack
added a "You've got mail" alert facility. Other timesharing systems -
such as SDC and BBN - also included e-mail by autumn 1965. The
military deployed AUTODIN (commissioned in 1962) and SAGE with full
e-mail capabilities by 1966.
But these were same-machine e-mail applications. They could not
connect different computers. ARPANET, a unit of the Department of
Defence in the United States, was the first to achieve
inter-connectibility.
Ray Tomlinson of ARPANET sent the first recognizable e-mail message in
1971. It was addressed to himself and read: "Testing 1-2-3". He
then followed with a message to all ARPANET users with instructions on
how to use the convention username@hostname.
At first, the use of the word "mail" was contentious as the Postal
Office was thought to have a monopoly on sending personal notes and
messages around. But the Postal Office, not realizing the importance
of e-mail, did not object to the newly coined moniker e-mail.
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