The Big Spam Theory
When Gary Thuerk sent out 600 simultaneous emails in 1978 advertising his companyâs new computer system, he rightly became known as the âfather of spam emailâ. His message read âWe invite you to come see the 2020 and hear about the DECSystem-20 familyâ. Unwillingly, perhaps, those 600 addressees could also be seen as the first [...]