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Networked email introduces the user@host address
From How the Internet Was Built: From Four Computers to a Global Network
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Networked email introduces the user@host address
Ray Tomlinson adapted messaging to cross between computers and selected @ to separate a user from a host.
Messages already existed within individual time-sharing systems. Tomlinson’s contribution was networked email over ARPANET, which turned the network into a human communication medium and established a lasting address pattern.Sources & references 2 sources
