Evolution Of Emails By Khushi Javed 1971 First Electronic Mail was sent 1976 Queen Elizabeth II send the electronic message 1978 The first electronically sent advertisement goes out. 1982 The word "email" was first used 1989 A radio man recorded AOL's iconic(Welcome, Goodbye etc) 1997 Microsoft Outlook was released 1997 Microsoft boughts hotmail 1998 The word "spam" was added to the Oxford Dictionary 2001 ReachMail is created and marketers rejoice. 2003 "The Simpsons" homer reveals his email address 2004 LOL and other acronyms are officially recognized in the Oxford Dictionary 2005 SPF technology was established 2007 Google made Gmail available for worldwide