Reaction to the DEC Spam of 1978 - The Diigo Meta page

• 23 Sep 17
  

  Mr Maher

  The first mass marketing message sent over the internet was an announcement of a computer company (DEC) releasing a new line of computers. This is a copy of that message and several examples of the complaints regarding it. The primitive internet was called the ARPNET and included universities, government agencies and some coporations

  primary source US II Unit 7: Rebellion and Reaction amid the Seventies Malaise (1972-1980) US II Unit 8: 80s America and the end of the Cold War

• 19 Mar 11
  

  Brian Beaver

  history spam computing archive

• 12 May 08
  

  Scott Beamer

  Possibly the first spam ever was a message from a DEC marketing rep to every Arpanet address on the west coast, or at least the attempt at that.

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• 07 May 08
  

  Manuel Polo

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• 29 Apr 08
  

  arcojedi

  Possibly the first spam ever was a message from a DEC marketing rep to every Arpanet address on the west coast, or at least the attempt at that.

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• 28 Apr 08
  

  danny peck

  funny web email for:desertdragon for:wandereye for:pani_ania

• 25 Apr 08
  

  Laurent Suply

  Retrouvez le premier spam, envoyé sur l'Arpanet le 3 mai 1978

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• 21 Mar 08
  

  Fergus Young

  computing unsolicited commercial email type: article

• 28 Nov 07
  

  Jim Reverend

  email humor spam

• 02 May 07
  

  C K

  The first known SPAM message.

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  Lori Wushensky

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  Mark Gardner

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• 01 May 07
  

  Sean Mulholland

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