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30 years of Spam - and we ain't finished yet
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 13:31:52 +0300 (EEST)
Most of us probably already know and the exact date was already but "Spam celebrates its 30th birthday on Saturday (3 May). On that day in 1978, 393 Arpanet subscribers were sent what's reckoned to be the first ever spam email1 in history (the message itself was written on 1 May 1978). DEC marketing rep Gary Thuerk came up with the wheeze which produced a fierce backlash from Arpanet (military) administrators, as well as a small number of sales." --clip-- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/01/spam_30/ pointing to DEC spam itself too; http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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