Reaction to the DEC #Spam of 1978

Possibly the first spam ever was a message from a DEC marketing rep to every #Arpanet address on the west coast, or at least the attempt at that.

http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html

Origin of the term "spam" to mean net abuse

http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html