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Spam: History and Prevalence

The term Spam is thought to be derived from aprofitable. There are a number of companies
Monte Python skit. But the fact that Spamset up to send "bulk e-mail". They are able
makes up over 80 percent of emails sent isn'tto send billions of messages a day. In the
that  funny!US there have been a number of lawsuits
concerning Spam and laws created trying to
A Monte Python sketch performed in 1970reduce the production. Therefore, it is
references the British rationing during Worldbecoming more prevalent that these companies
War II. SPAM was one of the only meatoperate out of foreign countries. They have
products that was readily available and notalso changed their soliciting methods to read
being rationed. Python's sketch is set in a"spam-free" which refers to a person who has
café and every item on the menu containschosen to "opt-in" by clicking a box near the
Spam lunch meat. A song repeating the wordend of some enrollment form thereby agreeing
SPAM is being sung and is drowning out theto have updates or newsletters sent.
waiter who is dictating the SPAM filled menuSometimes this box is pre checked and you
in  detail.must unclick in order to "opt-out". These
names are then sold to the bulk e-mailing
An instance of unsolicited commercial emailcompanies.
was originally noted in 1978. Although it
seems that the idea was born years earlierSpam filtering software is the best
when an unsolicited electronic messagingtechnology available at the present time to
using the media occurred by telegram in 1864!reduce Spam. Spam filtering is included in
In the 1980's the term Spam started to bemost versions of anti virus software. It is
used to describe annoying users of early chatpretty simple for spammers to sidestep these
rooms who would repeatedly type the word Spamfilters simply by misspelling keywords.
in an abusive manner to drive others out ofAlso, these filters often block e-mail that
the room. Especially others from rivalyou do want to receive because of key words
groups surrounding said topic. They wouldbeing misinterpreted. SPAM hits other venues
also flood the screen with quotes from thebesides email such as instant messaging, chat
Monte Python sketch in the same manner. Soonrooms, newsgroups, forums, mobile phones,
rather than being called flooding or trashingonline games, search engines, and blogs. For
it became common place to refer to thesethe time being it looks like the only way to
methods as spamming. Later it evolved toavoid a majority of Spam is to avoid
mean excessive multiple posting of the sametraditional email all together. Requiring a
message. In the 1990's we began to see theperson to fill out a form that is in turn
excessive amount of "get rich quick" schemessent to the recipient successfully blocks
being advertised in this manner. Commercialspammers. This is currently how many
spamming began in 1994 courtesy of twobusiness and organizations including the
lawyers advertising their immigration lawWhite  House  are  handling  their  e-mail.
services. Shortly there after the focus of
spamming and anti spam efforts moved to emailThe term Spam is thought to be derived from a
and that is where the focus of thisMonte Python skit but is not received by many
phenomenon  remains  today.as being humorous. Spamming is a phenomenon
that has been beneficial for some and a
Most of us receive some type of Spamnuisance to the masses who make up the
everyday. Spam is incredibly easy andrecipients of the billions of messages sent
inexpensive to create and can be veryper day.



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