CTSS MAILBOX program developed
The first major program enabling users on a single time-sharing system (Compatible Time-Sharing System) to send messages to each other's mailboxes.
Significance
Established the conceptual framework for electronic messaging, albeit confined to a single machine, laying groundwork for network email.
Key facts
- Date
- 1965-01-01
- Type
- invention
- Location
- MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA