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November 4, 2013
The first spam email in history.
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 4, 2013 10:04 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Back in the dial up BBS days I typed "You" into the To: field, everybody that used an email reader program to retrieve their emails received the messages as if it was directed to them personally. Confused a lot of people, angered a few people also.
Posted by: Potsie at November 4, 2013 10:36 AM
LMAO. This website is hilarious but cool :)
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