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[–] 26357333? 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

He did invent email as we know it, where two offline computers can email each other and attach office docs - the other guy invented a tx message service which required both computers to be on. Shiva's program was even called EMAIL. Don't do to Shiva what people did to Tesla. Give credit where it's due.

[–] 26360670? ago 

He trademarked a good name. He created a program which wasn't in widespread use. But he didn't invent email as we know it.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc561

5 September 73

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc733 (obsoletes RFC561)

21 November 1977

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821 (SMTP - the protocol we use today)

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc822 (obsoletes RFC733)

August 1982

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(Over the years additional RFCs have built on / superseded RFC822)

[–] 26357626? ago 

He did invent email as we know it, where two offline computers can email each other and attach office docs

Nope, he trademarked a program he called "EMAIL".

E-Mail was already a functional part of Arpanet years before.

www.sigcis.org/ayyadurai