on 2014-01-04 13:52 Bruce Walker wrote
In 1984 when the 645 was released the Internet was a very
small network and didn't yet include AOL. Not even the first spam had
been mailed by then.
just a little reality check - this slightly predates my introduction to the
'net:
"Earliest documented spam (although the term had not yet been coined) was a
message advertising the availability of a new model of Digital Equipment
Corporation computers sent by Gary Thuerk to 393 recipients on ARPANET in 1978.
Rather than send a separate message to each person, which was the standard
practice at the time, he had an assistant, Carl Gartley, write a single mass
e-mail. Reaction from the net community was fiercely negative, but the spam did
generate some sales."
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)#History_of_Internet_spam>
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