Spam is 30-years-old and growing stronger

The 30th anniversary of unsolicited e-mail passed by last week with very little fanfare, but its rise to a global multi-million dollar industry from the humble beginnings of one man’s attempt to sell electronic products is nothing less than astronomical. Experts say there no end in sight.

Although the motivation may be the same there’s now very little to relate today’s spammers to the original daddy of unsolicited e-mail, according to technology security experts.

Some 30 years ago, Gary Thuerk, sent out what is widely credited as the first unsolicited marketing e-mail to about 400 of the more than 2,600 people using ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet.

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