Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of email and @ usage, dies at 74 March 6, 2016 by admin Tweet Tomlinson, the internet pioneer who built the original email system and first used the @ symbol to separate user from host, died of an apparent heart attack this weekend. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:Beware: Microsoft email users, even with MFA on, are…Fired via email right before Christmas? Careful! You…GIF creator, Stephen Wilhite, dies at 74 after…Microsoft reminds all that Internet Explorer dies in…Research shows potential of the Apple Watch to…