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Brad Templeton On Spam's Silver Anniversary

Posted by timothy on from the silver-bullets-for-spammers dept.

Brad Templeton writes "This Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the first spam I was able to find, and one month ago was the 10th anniversary of the first time a USENET posting was called a spam and the birth of the term (at least beyond mudds)." Templeton was also cited in the American Scientist article featured last Sunday.

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  1. I think... by shawnywany · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...that this calls for birthday spankings.

  2. Re:My hero by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Best part:

    Would a dating service for people on the net be "frowned upon" by DCA? I hope not. But even if it is, don't let that stop you from notifying me via net mail if you start one.