[e2e] Nature mag, DARPA, and the Internet

[Dave Crocker]

Bob,

BB> No, email originated under Multics and then at BBN -- both were
BB> DARPA funded.

The usual credit for *networked* email is Ray Tomlinson, linking sndmsg
applications on Tenex (and, yes, at BBN). He says it was in 1972.

I do not recall Multics inventing any email services, though of course
it was an important participant.


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