FWD (Got Caliche?) Spam, Bam, Thank You Ma'am

From: Terry W. Colvin (fortean1@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Jul 18 2003 - 17:59:17 MDT

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    Spam takes its name from a Monty Python skit about a restaurant that served
    the stuff and the Vikings who ate there while chanting the word "spam" over
    and over. According to Internet lore, the first spam attack took place in 1985
    inside a multiuser game. Some wannabe Viking sent the message "spam spam spam"
    (and so on) to every player on the system until he got booted. After that, the
    term was applied to mass advertisements posted to online discussion groups and
    then to unwanted bulk e-mail--all to the continuing dismay of the Hormel Foods
    Corporation.

    Editor's Note:
    Spam is nearly 20 years old...? 

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