Why the e-mail id have @ symbol?
By dreamssri
@dreamssri (1796)
India
August 7, 2008 4:30pm CST
all the e-mail ids have @ symbol. why? what is the meaning of that symbol?
this question popped up in my mind when i was mailing to my friend!!!
do you know the reason why is it used like that???i have no idea!!
if you know,please tell me??
or at least,what your guess on it?
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8 responses
@ronpins (40)
• Philippines
7 Aug 08
hi dreamssri,
well here: The '@' symbol in email adds. was chosen by Tomlinson (Ray Tomlinson, a computer engineer who invented EMAIL in 1971.) because '@' signs didn't appear in name, and so there would be ambiguity about where the separation between login name and host name. QWERTYUIOP the first message sent in an email.
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@dreamssri (1796)
• India
7 Aug 08
wow!! thats a great piece of information!!! thanks!!
Goodday,
Sri
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@payout (3794)
• United States
7 Aug 08
wow I never knew that and I bet most people didn't either lol.. Did you search this up..? ha hah a but yeah I wonder if that man is still alive and does he have his own powerful special email ha ha I try to think happy troughs ha ha.. But yeah that awesome information you have there I bet that mean is like supper reach, I think he should of use like another symbol to should @ well yeah I love the @ symbol and Im too use to it so yeah He did a Awesome job thinking of something like that and simple as that. well yeah keep posting and happy mlyotting. :D
@dreamssri (1796)
• India
7 Aug 08
im not soo dumb!! i know thats "at"...but why they specifically use it?thats what i wanna know!
@GrammaFood (716)
• United States
7 Aug 08
The @ means at. I guess it's easier than laving to spell it out.
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@DarkDancer (1011)
• Dayton, Ohio
7 Aug 08
That symbol means "at", my guess would be when mailing I am telling it, who@where.whatever.
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@wa2nlinux (179)
• Indonesia
7 Aug 08
Because if there was $ for mail address, the accounting will be confused :D LOL
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@morethanamolehill (1586)
• United States
8 Aug 08
If you would like a little history on the "commercial at" sign,(even before email) There is a great article @wikipedia.com. =)
The link VVVVVVVV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%40
@payout (3794)
• United States
7 Aug 08
Haha, I think this is funny wel la funyn discussion because I never been ask that and I never knew anyone who would ask something like that but. I wonder as well I can't it be % or $ or & or even * but since @ means at I guess it just a symbol that just tells where you got your email from and where can others get it as well.
It's basically like a creator sign like when people say they own you they have a mark on you like they own you ha ha. Or like dogs they pee on things and consider that there it's just a send showing where it came from and who owns this person or in your case there email address ha ha, Well yeah I'm not 100% sure but Yeah I think thats what it means and hte purpose of that symbol on emails
Well yeah take care and keep posting happy mylotting.. take care. :D
