According to historical accounts, "QWERTYUIOP" is widely considered to be the first message sent via
electronic mail (E-Mail), as it represents the top row of letters on a standard keyboard and was sent as a test message by inventor Ray Tomlinson in 1971. Note:
Christopher Latham Sholes invented the QWERTY typewriter layout in the 1870s. Sholes was a newspaper publisher and former Wisconsin state senator. He worked with the help of Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soulé to develop this typewriter style.