On This Day In History on Nostr: Today in 1978, 47 years ago: The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would ...
Today in 1978, 47 years ago: The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
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