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Computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sends first electronic mail message
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Queen Elizabeth becomes the first head of state to send an electronic mail message.
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The First electronically sent advertisement goes out over a network of government and university computers.
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The word Email is first used
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The first ever smiley "emoticon" is invented by Scott Fahlman
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Radio man Elwood Edwards Records AOL's iconic "welcome", "file done", "good bye" and "you got mail"
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Microsoft buys Hotmail for $400 million
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Microsoft outlook is released
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Warner bros releases you've got mail which made $250 at the box office
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Anti-Phishing security protocol DKIM is adopted by the internet engineering task force
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Reach mail is created
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A fraudulent email claims bill gates plans to share his wealth with internet users circulates around the internet
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George bush signs the CAN-SPAM act, the first national standards for sending commercial emails.
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FTC codifies email spam laws.
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Multimedia emails are introduced after the MMS world congress in Vienna
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SPF, The first technology that verifies email senders identities is established
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Google makes Gmail available to the public
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Obama Compiles a database of over 13 million email addresses
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The associated press style book changes "e-mail" to "email"
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The word Spam was added to the oxford English dictionary