First German Internet E-mail Server Was Established at KIT’s
Precursory Institution in 1984 / Start of Rapid Electronic Communication
It is the central means of communication of our times:
Electronic mailing. Worldwide, short messages as well as large data packages
can be exchanged rapidly and at low costs. 30 years ago, the first e-mail
arrived in Germany at the then Universität Karlsruhe (TH), today’s Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology. It was the first internet-based connection between the
American network CSNET (Computer Science Net) and the new Karlsruhe CSNET
server.