Happy spamiversary! Spam turns 30

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Happy spamiversary! Spam turns 30

Gadgets & Tech – Thirty years ago next week, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually became the internet. It was the first spam email ever. [via /.]

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Rating: +1 (+1/-0) | 2008-04-25 18:03:58

Ryan

I'm younger than Spam? Aw man...

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Rating: +0 (+0/-0) | 2008-04-26 00:38:58

Wil

You have no idea how old you just made me feel.

Now take your c!@li5 and get off my lawn.

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Rating: +0 (+0/-0) | 2008-04-25 18:37:16

Fedquip

I thought I killed Spam yesterday? Dang...back to work I guess.

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Rating: +0 (+0/-0) | 2008-04-26 13:21:03

tdrapeau

I'm older than spam. Which means I may have been in the position to kill it before it got big.

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 43 votes / No sinks