Spam this year marks 30 years
All of us beloved spam May 3, 2008 marks 30 years. The first spammer is officially Gary Thuerk, an employee of the Digital Equipment Corporation advertising service. It was he who, on May 3, 1978, sent 393 e-mail messages to users of the Arpanet network, which was the forerunner of the Internet.
Like now, this spam message didn’t bring joy to recipients, and they expressed their displeasure with Gary Tuerk directly. The first spam message contained an advertisement for a new computer model and was sent by Tuerk directly from a personal email address. The first spammer in history did not yet know that this occupation was dangerous, and they could even kill for him ... there were cases.
Spam, as well as all anti-spam projects, is super-profitable areas. As long as people get annoyed with unsolicited email, they will seek protection from this. And although Microsoft CEO Bill Gates himself promised in 2004 that by 2006 he would be able to completely get rid of the problem of spam, we see that this is not the case. Too much money in this area.
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via NewScientistTech
Like now, this spam message didn’t bring joy to recipients, and they expressed their displeasure with Gary Tuerk directly. The first spam message contained an advertisement for a new computer model and was sent by Tuerk directly from a personal email address. The first spammer in history did not yet know that this occupation was dangerous, and they could even kill for him ... there were cases.
Spam, as well as all anti-spam projects, is super-profitable areas. As long as people get annoyed with unsolicited email, they will seek protection from this. And although Microsoft CEO Bill Gates himself promised in 2004 that by 2006 he would be able to completely get rid of the problem of spam, we see that this is not the case. Too much money in this area.
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via NewScientistTech
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/24417/
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