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The world's first e-mail message was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. |
Unsolicited email earned the name "spam" because
it resembled a Monty Python skit where a chorus of Vikings
drowned out other sounds by singing "spam, spam, spam." |
The New York Times reports that in February 2004, 62% of all
e-mail was spam. |
In February 2004, a unique Morse code for the '@' symbol was
introduced: ·--·-· (Dit-Dah-Dah-Dit-Dah-Dit). |
The time spent deleting SPAM costs United States businesses
$21.6 billion annually. |
Spam filters that catch the word "cialis" will not
allow many work-related e-mails through because that word is
embedded inside the word "specialist". |
35 Billion e-mails are sent each day throughout the world. |
During Bill Clinton's entire eight year presidency, he only
sent two e-mails. One was to John Glenn when he was aboard
the space shuttle, and the other was a test of the e-mail system. |
77 percent of Yahoo! Mail poll respondents said they are more
aggravated by weeding through spam than they are by cleaning
a dirty toilet.
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