newyorker.com — The New Yorker traces the history of unsolicited e-mail advertising pitches to a 1978 send via the Arpanet network by a marketer for the Digital Equipment Corporation; to the present time with more than a hundred billion unsolicited messages clogging the arterial passages of the world’s computer networks every day...
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bacon_skodaAug 1, 2007
considering it was from digg, i assumed the submitter didn't care.SPAM = canned meatspam or Spam = unsolicited email
diggdongAug 1, 2007
No, I thought it was an article about the legalization of murder.
Closed AccountAug 1, 2007
I remember the first spam I ever got...It was someone selling laptops and the header read:"You want this!"
Closed AccountAug 1, 2007
not very "brief", but excellent article nonetheless.
threedee912Aug 2, 2007
Adult Friend Finder existed back then?!?!?!?!?
mydaveJul 31, 2008
Every day I have min. 7 spam in my mail. I hate spam!<a class="user" href="http://www.clailatino.org">http://www.clailatino.org</a><a class="user" href="http://www.felixdelcampo.com">http://www.felixdelcampo.com</a>