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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Elon Musk hints at building stripped-down Gmail alternative — billionaire first revealed Xmail intentions back in February

X and Gmail logos.

Elon Musk's digital ambitions are set to encompass one of the oldest and most established forms of communication on the internet—email. Musk first told a Twitter/X user, "It's coming," when asked about an email offering in February this year. This week, he hinted at stripped-down thread-less Xmail, in stark contrast to Google's popular Gmail.

With its roots dating back to 1975, electronic mail, now better known as Email, is engrained within most connected device users. It continues to live and prosper even in the age of messaging apps, and that is probably due to several key factors.

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