Email Inventor Didn’t Forsee Spam
I came across an interesting interview at TimesOnline with Ray Tomlinson, accredited with sending the first email message through his software called “Send Message Program”, who admits he never envisioned the evils of spam.
Things have changed since that first email was sent back in 1971. It’s been reported that most of us spend 52 hours a year sorting and deleting junk email. (Sometimes it even seems like 52 hours a week!)
One good comment for those of us who market through email is, “there will always be a need for people to be able to communicate asynchronously, that is, send messages that won’t be read or replied to immediately, and that’s what email allows you to do.”
Debbi Bressler
Email Marketing Specialist
GetResponse
