Elwood Edwards, the graphics guru and camera operator who voiced AOL's iconic and once ubiquitous greeting, 'You've got mail, ...

signaling the start of a new, exciting era online. In 1989, Edwards recorded four simple phrases for AOL: “Welcome,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “Files Done,” and “Goodbye.” It was a ...

Early in the internet era, he was also behind other AOL messages ... new online landscape and let them know that this new thing called email awaited them at a time when spam clutter was rare ...

He was not only greeting new users to AOL, but often, introducing them to the world of email for the first time. “Edwards’s ...

Elwood Edwards, an announcer and local TV staffer who became internationally famous as the voice of AOL’s “You’ve got mail!” ...

He was not only greeting new users to AOL, but often, introducing them to the world of email for the first time. “Edwards’s voice made AOL feel a little friendlier, a little more welcoming at ...

Elwood Edwards, a behind-the-scenes graphics and camera operator at local Cleveland television station WKYC whose voice was propelled to worldwide fame after he recorded AOL’s email greeting ...