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Nine of ten e-mails are spam 3 May 08, 23:37 ET Instead, 92 per cent of e-mails sent between January and March 2008 were spam, according to Sophos, a Mainz-based information technology security firm based ... more Internet serves up 30 years of spam 3 May 08, 22:04 ET Now a nuisance for tens of millions of computer users worldwide, three decades ago someone sent what is considered to be the very first spam email. ... more Worldwide Nuisance Spam Turns 30 3 May 08, 21:47 ET By JENNA MUCHA Today marks 30 years since the birth of that never-ending electronic mail everyone loathes to see in their inbox. ... more Annoying, but spam's celebrating 30 years 3 May 08, 20:15 ET WASHINGTON: This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face - and other anatomical regions - of email inboxes everywhere: the first ... more 30 Years Later, Spam Continues To Attack Your Email Inbox 3 May 08, 19:22 ET (andPOP) - Saturday, May 3, 2008 will mark a very memorable day in the Internet’s history – although not one everyone would want to celebrate. ... more The typing error that gave us thirty years of spam 3 May 08, 19:16 ET It's that time of the century. Last Thursday saw the 30th anniversary of spam (in the sense of junk electronic mail, not the foodstuff immortalised by Monty ... more Happy birthday, dear spam 3 May 08, 18:57 ET SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 (UPI) -- Spam, not the food product but the Internet nuisance, is having its 30th birthday, though a California computer scientist doesn't seem inclined to celebrate. more Spam and unsolicited e-mails 3 May 08, 18:47 ET It is amazing how people manage to turn something useful and practical into a nightmare. And here I am referring to the e-mailing facility and the awful way ... more At 30, Spam Going Nowhere Soon 3 May 08, 16:40 ET It's the 30th anniversary of those annoying penis enlargement e-mails you get in your inbox. Andrea Seabrook takes a look at the three decades of spam — from weight loss pills to fake Rolexes to Nigerian princes who need your help. more A very unhappy birthday to spam, age 30 3 May 08, 13:35 ET Thirty years ago today, the first unsolicited commercial e-mail went out over the research network that was the Internet's predecessor - and the modern aggravation of spam was born. That e-mail, sent to advertise a new machine from the now-defunct computer... more For the Love of Spam 3 May 08, 13:32 ET Come on, join in, you Spam fans. And we're not talking about those pesky e-mail bits, either. Of course we're referring to the Islands' favorite tinned, ... more 30 years of spam - Happy Birthday to the inbox phenomenon 3 May 08, 11:58 ET today, the phenomenon that was to grow exponentially and become known as spam was born. But despite 3 decades to learn our ... more World Celebrates 30 Years Of Spam 3 May 08, 10:33 ET today. The mother lode of all spam - the bane of everyone's online existence - was first sent out via the ... more Spam at 30. Happy birthday, sort of 3 May 08, 10:13 ET We'll find out later whether this really is Microhoo Day, If it's another false alarm, May 3 will retain its place in computer history as the day spam was ... more Spam turns 30, still going strong 3 May 08, 09:21 ET It's the 30th anniversary of spam on Saturday, every computer user's headache. Not surprisingly, few think the birthday calls for a celebration. ... more Spam, Still Growing, Marks 30th Anniversary 3 May 08, 08:34 ET Spam -- the scourge of every e-mail inbox -- celebrates its 30th anniversary. The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on May 3, 1978, to 400 people on behalf of DEC -- a now-defunct computer-maker. more No party for this Birthday: Spam turns 30 3 May 08, 06:06 ET WHEN YOU GET SPAM: Spam is a term used to describe unwanted, unsolicited emails that flood our inboxes daily. India is most vulnerable to spammers and virus ... more Bad birthday — 30 years of spam 3 May 08, 05:02 ET Happy birthday, spam. P.S.: Now go away. It was 30 years ago today that users of Arpanet, a U.S. government designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find what is considered the first piece of unsolicited commercial e-mail ever sent. It was a pitch for a new computer. more 30 years of worldwide spam – if only we could can it 3 May 08, 04:32 ET today that users of Arpanet, a US government-designed precursor to the Internet, signed into their accounts to find what is considered ... more Spam celebrates 30 years of clogging e-mail inboxes 3 May 08, 03:54 ET Happy birthday, spam. more Internet spam turns 30; few likely to celebrate 3 May 08, 03:23 ET today that users of Arpanet, a US government-designed precursor to the Internet, logged onto their accounts to find ... more A very unhappy birthday to spam, age 30 3 May 08, 00:30 ET Thirty years ago today, the first unsolicited commercial e-mail went out over the research network that was the Internet's predecessor - and the modern ... more

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