Here is a challenge for you!

I have had a gmail account since the 1st of April 2008 and I have never emptied my inbox. Here is the challenge:
"How many emails do you think I have in it as of 7am this morning?"
Closest guess gets a colourful chewable prize at the next Communicate Electronically class!

The very first email ever sent!

The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971. "The test messages were entirely forgettable. . . . Most likely the first message was QWERTYIOP or something similar," he said.