May 3, 2008: Spamfather

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2008, 02:50 PM

And now for something completely different.....

Here you see an image of the Spamfather.

The very first spam email, sent 30 years ago to 393 users on Arpanet, predecessor of today's Internet. It's all downhill from there.

Undertoad · 05-03-2008, 02:56 PM

Nice!

I was recently reading about the point in time when they had to add a dot domain to the end of the system's name. There were just too many systems on the net for each to have a unique name. They really didn't foresee how convoluted the naming system would get!

newtimer · 05-03-2008, 03:55 PM

...and the world's second spam email?

"You can improve both your manhood AND your credit rating at the same time, with no money down!"

Cicero · 05-03-2008, 03:57 PM

lol! Let's get a good look at the pioneerz!

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DanaC · 05-03-2008, 05:00 PM

That's wonderful. I love how polite it is compared to modern spam. It's so low key!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-03-2008, 05:09 PM

And you'll take note that all this crap started in California... just saying, ya know.

SteveDallas · 05-03-2008, 06:24 PM

The demo is in CA, but the mail was from DEC-MARLBORO... i.e. Marlboro, MA, where DEC was headquartered back when they existed. Maybe we should blame the damned New Englanders instead.

Tick · 05-03-2008, 06:28 PM

I'm old enough to remember those days. Notice that it was an invitation to a presentation and not an offer of sale. In those days it wasn't acceptable to do business on the internet. Sigh.

Elspode · 05-05-2008, 10:12 AM

I'll bet when people showed up at the presentation, they found out it was actually a sales pitch for herbal penis enlargement.

sweetwater · 05-05-2008, 11:39 AM

I wonder when did the term SPAM was first applied to these sorts of solicitations. And did the 'specially prepared meat' suggest the penis enlarger pills & ads that plague us, or is that just coincidence?

glatt · 05-05-2008, 11:41 AM

Not a Monty Python fan, eh?

sweetwater · 05-05-2008, 11:45 AM

Of course I am! And if if I wasn't I would not dare admit it. But did it come from that skit?

glatt · 05-05-2008, 11:56 AM

That's the story that's been going around.

dar512 · 05-05-2008, 03:49 PM

More at Wikipedia

Gravdigr · 05-05-2008, 05:59 PM

05-03-2008, 02:50 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	May 3, 2008: Spamfather And now for something completely different..... Here you see an image of the Spamfather. The very first spam email, sent 30 years ago to 393 users on Arpanet, predecessor of today's Internet. It's all downhill from there. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-03-2008, 03:57 PM	#4
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	lol! Let's get a good look at the pioneerz! __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

05-03-2008, 05:09 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And you'll take note that all this crap started in California... just saying, ya know. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-05-2008, 10:12 AM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'll bet when people showed up at the presentation, they found out it was actually a sales pitch for herbal penis enlargement. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-05-2008, 11:39 AM	#10
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	I wonder when did the term SPAM was first applied to these sorts of solicitations. And did the 'specially prepared meat' suggest the penis enlarger pills & ads that plague us, or is that just coincidence? __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny Last edited by sweetwater; 05-05-2008 at 11:40 AM. Reason: incorrect verb tense made me tense

05-03-2008, 02:56 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Nice! I was recently reading about the point in time when they had to add a dot domain to the end of the system's name. There were just too many systems on the net for each to have a unique name. They really didn't foresee how convoluted the naming system would get!

05-03-2008, 03:55 PM	#3
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	...and the world's second spam email? "You can improve both your manhood AND your credit rating at the same time, with no money down!"

05-03-2008, 05:00 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	That's wonderful. I love how polite it is compared to modern spam. It's so low key!

05-03-2008, 06:24 PM	#7
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	The demo is in CA, but the mail was from DEC-MARLBORO... i.e. Marlboro, MA, where DEC was headquartered back when they existed. Maybe we should blame the damned New Englanders instead.

05-03-2008, 06:28 PM	#8
Tick Do-er of Deeds Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 41	I'm old enough to remember those days. Notice that it was an invitation to a presentation and not an offer of sale. In those days it wasn't acceptable to do business on the internet. Sigh.

05-05-2008, 11:41 AM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Not a Monty Python fan, eh?

05-05-2008, 11:45 AM	#12
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Of course I am! And if if I wasn't I would not dare admit it. But did it come from that skit? __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

05-05-2008, 11:56 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's the story that's been going around.

05-05-2008, 03:49 PM	#14
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	More at Wikipedia __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

05-05-2008, 05:59 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517

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