Ray Tomlinson's design for email came in the 70s. RFC 788 (SMTP) was published in 1981. Email predates the Web, and, imo, has been made much worse by all the

Ray Tomlinson's design for email came in the 70s. RFC 788 (SMTP) was published in 1981. Email predates the Web, and, imo, has been made much worse by all the Web-adjacent features shoved into it.