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The [[spelling]] variations ''e-mail'' and ''email'' are both common. Several prominent journalistic and technical [[style guide]]s recommend ''e-mail'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/HyphensEnDashesEmDashes/HyphensEnDashesEmDashes05.html|title=Hyphens, En Dashes, Em Dashes - Q&A|accessdate=2008-05-18}}</ref><ref>[http://safari.oreilly.com/0735617465 O'Reilly - Safari Books Online - 0735617465 - Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications Third Edition<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://standards.ieee.org/guides/style/annexa.html 2007 IEEE Standards Style Manual-Annex A<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=APStyleBook>[http://www.apstylebook.com/ask_editor.php APStylebook.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the spelling ''email'' is also recognized in many dictionaries.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/email Reference.com]</ref><ref>Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006</ref><ref>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition</ref><ref>Princeton University WordNet 3.0</ref><ref>The American Heritage Science Dictionary, 2002</ref> In the original [[Request for Comments|RFC]] neither spelling is used; the service is referred to as ''mail'', and a single piece of electronic mail is called a ''message''.<ref>[http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc821.html RFC 821 (rfc821) - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="11above">[http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1939.html RFC 1939 (rfc1939) - Post Office Protocol - Version 3<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name="12above">[http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3501.html RFC 3501 (rfc3501) - Internet Message Access Protocol - version 4rev1<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The plural form "e-mails" (or emails) is also recognized.<ref name=APStyleBook/>

The [[ARPANET]] [[computer network]] made a large contribution to the development of e-mail. There is one report that indicates experimental inter-system e-mail transfers began shortly after its creation in 1969.<ref>[http://www.multicians.org/thvv/mail-history.html The History of Electronic Mail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Ray Tomlinson]] initiated the use of the "[[At sign|@]]" sign to separate the names of the user and their machine in 1971.<ref>[http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html The First Email<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The [[ARPANET]] significantly increased the popularity of e-mail, and it became the [[Killer application|killer app]] of the ARPANET.