As a technology, e-mail has a fascinating history. In fact, it is hard to pin down exactly when e-mail began. In the 1920s, a network called telex was already transmitting messages. Then, further advancements in the 1970s began allowing larger mainframes to communicate with each other. Check out the following sites for some interesting discussions of how e-mail came to be.

• A brief history of email
  Vicomsoft
  
  
• History of Email
  Living Internet
  
  
• The First Email
  Mail Msg
  
  
• History of the Internet
  Google
  
  
• Nethistory.com
  
  
  
• The World Wide Web History Project
  
  
  
• A Brief History of the Internet
  Walt Howe's Internet Learning Center
  
  
• A Brief History of the Internet
  Internet Society
  
  

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