• Posted by Tim Jarrett
  • On March 6, 2004

  • Filed under Internet

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Happy birthday, spam. Don’t expect a card

The Register points out it’s been 10 years since what is generally considered the first-ever unsolicited commercial electronic communication, also known as spam. It was ten years ago on Friday that arch-fiends (and US law firm) Canter and Siegel cross-posted to over a hundred newsgroups offering a chance to participate in the Green Card lottery. [...]