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 voice made AOL feel a little friendlier, a little more welcoming at ...
He died Tuesday at his home in New Bern ... Edwards said in a video AOL shared on YouTube in 2012. He noted good-naturedly that “You’ve got mail!” became a catchphrase that “I have ...
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 ...