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Spam reaches 30-year anniversary |
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| Sat, May 03 2008 | 3:33PM | PermaLink |
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"Spam - the scourge of every e-mail inbox - celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend.
The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on 3 May, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC - a now-defunct computer-maker.
The message was sent via Arpanet - the internet's forerunner - and won its sender much criticism from recipients.
Thirty years on, spam has grown into an underground industry that sends out billions of messages every day."
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