Email By Remi Rohrer 1965 The first email appeared at MIT in the form of computer program called Mailbox. 1972 Larry Roberts writes the first email management program that develops the ability to list, select, forward, and respond to messages. 1978 The first ever spam email was sent. 1993 Email became popular by sending messages by computers over the internet. 1996 Microsoft releases internet mail feature of its third release of internet explorer. 1997 About 10 million users worldwide have free web accounts for email 1998 Microsoft buys Hotmail for 400 million dolllars. 2002 Email celebrates its 30th anniversary every business in the developed world signed on.