Monday, April 7, 2025

Inventor of Modern Email Dies

From the L.A. Times Raymond Tomlinson created the first network person-to-person email in 1971. He chose the @ symbol to connect the user name with the destination address; it has now become a cultural icon. Raymond Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email and a technological leader, has died. Tomlinson died Saturday, the Raytheon Co. said. He was 74. Email existed in a limited