When Gary Thuerk sent out 600 simultaneous emails in 1978 advertising his company’s new computer system, he rightly became known as the ‘father of spam email’. His message read “We invite you to come see the 2020 and hear about the DECSystem-20 family”. Unwillingly, perhaps, those 600 addressees could also be seen as the first email list. However, the Adam and Eve of the spam email world are undoubtedly Laurence Canter and his wife Martha Siegel, although after you’ve heard what they did you might rather call them Bonnie and Clyde.
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