Gary Thuerk was the world's first e-mail spammer. On May 3, 1978, Carl Gartley, on Thuerk's behalf, sent out the first spam over the network of government and university computers known as the ARPAnet. A marketing manager for Digital Equipment Corp. , he wanted to publicize open houses in Los Angeles and San Mateo where the company's latest computers would be unveiled. Several thousand people were on the ARPAnet then, most of them computer scientists.

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  • Gary Thuerk was the world's first e-mail spammer. On May 3, 1978, Carl Gartley, on Thuerk's behalf, sent out the first spam over the network of government and university computers known as the ARPAnet. A marketing manager for Digital Equipment Corp. , he wanted to publicize open houses in Los Angeles and San Mateo where the company's latest computers would be unveiled. Several thousand people were on the ARPAnet then, most of them computer scientists. Thuerk wanted to send all 600 ARPAnet members on the West Coast an e-mail invitation. He decided it was too much work to send everyone a single e-mail, which was the standard practice at the time, so he decided to send one e-mail to everyone. The reaction from the net community was fiercely negative, but Thuerk's spam did generate some sales. Thuerk was interviewed on CBC Television's SPAM: The Documentary. Thuerk's innovation has got him noted in Guinness World Records. He also does some "promotional work for anti-spam companies. " "He says people have one of three reactions when they meet him: some are excited to meet someone with an unusual claim to fame; some want to beat him up on the spot; and others just avoid him like the plague."
  • Gary Thuerk est l'expéditeur du premier courrier spam. Il a envoyé le premier message spam le 3 mai 1978 alors qu'il travaillait dans le département de marketing de la compagnie DEC. Il a envoyé son message à près de la totalité des utilisateurs d'ARPAnet vivant sur la côte ouest des États-Unis, soit environ 600 personnes. Il fit cela sans mauvaise intention, dans le but d'inviter ces utilisateurs technophiles à une démonstration de produits DEC. Voulant éviter d'envoyer un message à chaque destinataire, il mit les 600 adresses directement dans le champ Destinataire. Les réactions à son message furent vives et contrastées. L'administration américaine gérant le réseau condamna d'office la pratique, la jugeant non-conforme aux termes d'utilisation du réseau.
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  • Gary Thuerk was the world's first e-mail spammer. On May 3, 1978, Carl Gartley, on Thuerk's behalf, sent out the first spam over the network of government and university computers known as the ARPAnet. A marketing manager for Digital Equipment Corp. , he wanted to publicize open houses in Los Angeles and San Mateo where the company's latest computers would be unveiled. Several thousand people were on the ARPAnet then, most of them computer scientists.
  • Gary Thuerk est l'expéditeur du premier courrier spam. Il a envoyé le premier message spam le 3 mai 1978 alors qu'il travaillait dans le département de marketing de la compagnie DEC. Il a envoyé son message à près de la totalité des utilisateurs d'ARPAnet vivant sur la côte ouest des États-Unis, soit environ 600 personnes. Il fit cela sans mauvaise intention, dans le but d'inviter ces utilisateurs technophiles à une démonstration de produits DEC.
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