Fifteen Years of Spam - a personal History of Irritating Email

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Fifteen Years of Spam a personal History of Irritating Email [We guarantee you complete satisfaction from our medicine.] [Even better than a lamborghini]

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I save my email. All of it. I've been doing this since 1994. I also maintain a spam filter. So I've seen quite a bit of spam. I'll look at trends, fashion , and innovation in the flood of annoying crap we all deal with, from the early primitive efforts, to the marvelous sophistication of modern, high tech spam. And I'll tell some stories from my tiny corner of the war being fought to keep it away. Spam can be funny, sad, poignant, and puzzling. It's a mirror of us, just kind of a scary funhouse mirror. Come with me, for 6 MINUTES and forty seconds, through the looking glass into the world of spam.

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Fifteen Years of Spam

a personal History of Irritating Email

[We guarantee you complete satisfaction from our medicine.]

[Even better than a lamborghini]

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Subject:

Attention Sir.

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Subject:

Wait, what happened?

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Subject: Advertising that can cause epilepsy

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DIGITAL WILL BE GIVING A PRODUCT PRESENTATION OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY; THE DECSYSTEM-2020, 2020T, 2060, AND 2060T. THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS HAS EVOLVED FROM THE TENEX OPERATING SYSTEM AND THE DECSYSTEM-10 <PDP-10> COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE. BOTH THE DECSYSTEM-2060T AND 2020T OFFER FULL

ARPANET SUPPORT UNDER THE TOPS-20 OPERATING SYSTEM. THE DECSYSTEM-2060 IS AN UPWARD EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT DECSYSTEM 2040 AND 2050 FAMILY. THE DECSYSTEM-2020 IS A NEW LOW END MEMBER OF THE DECSYSTEM-20 FAMILY AND FULLY SOFTWARE COMPATIBLE

WITH ALL OF THE OTHER DECSYSTEM-20 MODELS.

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Subject: Virginity test cancelled

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Nevertheless, I have business proposition for you on unclaimed share warrant of $19.1 Million Dollars.

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Subject:

RE: One hour on Twitter equals up to $577

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LITTLE JESSICA MYDEK IS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND IS SUFFERING FROM AN ACUTE AND VERY RARE CASE OF CEREBRAL CARCINOMA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES SEVERE MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS AND IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS. THE DOCTORS HAVE GIVEN HER SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.

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Subject: Smell better with among the girls with a stronger pheromone emitting rod of pleasure.

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The bottom line here is - if you receive a file with the subject line

"Good TImes", delete it immediately! Do not read it! Rest assured that

whoever's name was on the "From:" line was surely struck by the virus. Warn your friends and local system

users of this newest threat to the InterNet! It could save them a lot of

time and money

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Subject:

IT consultant of perfect love making art.

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Hello everybody, My name is Bill Gates. I have just written up an e-mail tracing program that traces everyone to whom this message is forwarded to. I am experimenting with this and I need your help. Forward this to everyone you know and if it reaches 1000 people everyone on the list will receive $1000 at my expense. Enjoy.

Your friend,

Bill Gates

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Subject: Turning to Google instead of God?

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Xanav, Hydrocodone/ Codeione/ Vicodine Viagra/ Cialis/ Codeine for cheap

Subject:

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These two sexy girls doing some hot mud wrestling

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Subject: It's Official! Decoupage is Back!

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•Money Back Guarantee by Roby©

•IMG_5629 (Elaine) by cally perry

•Christmas Mail by Bain News Service

•Repainted Hell BY Phoenix Dark-Knight

•Decoupage box with horses pictures by .:serena_in_wonderland: .

•Mmm... Good Times by TalAtlas

•Bill Gates in Person by Dunechaser

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