Electronic mail has existed since the 1960s. It has been around as long as people could share the same computer at the same time. Email as we know it today moves a message between users who are on different machines. It goes across a network. This capablity dates to 1971.

This site is meant as a focal point for recitations and artifacts of the history of electronic mail. This site is still very much under development and is being produced as a collaborative effort.