Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing email, but he just created the first messaging service. Dr. Shiva actually was the first one to create a messaging service called “email” which included many of the key components of modern day email, including the Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Folders, Trash, Attachment, Address Book, Compose, Forward, Reply, Return Receipt, and the Memo, with the (now ubiquitous) terms, “To,” “From,” “Date,” “Subject,” “Cc,” and “Bcc.”. Saying Tomlinson invented email, is like saying Charles Babbage, who created the first computer, made the first personal computer.