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May 3rd 1978 - The First Spam Email

May 8th, 2008 by Ian | Category: Email Security | 1 Comment »

A notable anniversary slipped by at the weekend with the announcement that the very first ’spam’ email was sent on May 3rd 1978. Long before the Internet became part of everyday life there was Arpanet developed by the US Department of Defense.
According to The Times on May 3rd 2008, it was a marketing person [...]