• @Treczoks
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    47 months ago

    SPAM. Not the food variety, but the other. Inventend by a lawyer.

      • @Treczoks
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        37 months ago

        OK, you got me there. For me, EMail-SPAM is still a new thing, because I still remember the time before.

        • @scottywh
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          27 months ago

          Lol… I remember the time before my friend…

          I’ve been employed in the technology industry for the last 27 years though and it definitely started before Y2K.

          • @Treczoks
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            27 months ago

            Well, I was not that far off. ‘Spamford’ Wallace founded “Cyber Promotions” on 1997. While there have been unsolicided emails even way before that, they had not been an issue: Whoever did them got a clue-by-four from the network community and that’s it. SPAM started to be a problem with ‘Spamford’ Wallace.

            • @scottywh
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              17 months ago

              That is accurate… Also the same year I started my I.T. career.