[ih] Invention of term 'email'

[Craig Partridge]

>     > From: Craig Partridge <craig at aland.bbn.com>
> 
>     > Earliest use of "E-mail" I can find is from Tommy Ericson of QZCOM on
>     > 24 May 1985.
> 
> Was that to header-people, or what?a

Yep, to header-people.  Even have a message ID (106044 at QZCOM) :-)

>     > "email" was used in an message to the header people mailing list by
>     > Dave Taylor of HP Labs on 8 January 1987.
>     > ...
>     > So clearly the OED needs to be updated.
> 
> They do have rules about 'public use', IIRC. I don't know if 'header-people'
> would count, for them.

Dunno - a few hundred folks got the note, which presumably counts for
something.

Craig