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.