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Spam's Tenth Birthday

Posted by TimSlavin at March 8, 2004

"Ten years ago today, spam as we know it was born. On 5 March 1994, a message was posted to some Usenet newsgroups by a law firm called Canter and Siegel, advertising their services for the U.S. Green Card lottery. It sounds mild enough today, but at the time that move and its follow-ups provoked increasing outrage across the Net. Many were appalled that "netiquette" - the unspoken rules that hitherto had maintained order in cyberspace - had been breached, sensing perhaps that things would never be the same again." Nice history piece. I actually remember some of these events. From Netcraft. Also be sure to check this history of spam from Brad Templeton, a guy who should know. He claims spam is 25 years old last year.

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