50 Years of Email But if the history of email tells us anything, it's that email isn't going away any time soon Celebrating 50 Years of Email, By cloudHQ News provided by Share this article SAN FRANCISCO, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The history of email goes all the way back to early mainframe systems that included the ability to communicate with similar computer systems. Side View Of Young Businesswoman Calculating Invoice On Computer Screen Near Laptop https://thisdayintechhistory.com/10/29/first-message-on-the-internet/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET Gmail Labels and Label Sharing by cloudHQ But in 1971, software engineer Ray Tomlinson introduced the "@" symbol to route electronic mail between different computers within the ARPANET system, a forerunner of the world wide web.