• @scottywh@lemmy.world
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        28 days ago

        Lol… I remember the time before my friend…

        I’ve been employed in the technology industry for the last 27 years though and it definitely started before Y2K.

        • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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          28 days ago

          Well, I was not that far off. ‘Spamford’ Wallace founded “Cyber Promotions” on 1997. While there have been unsolicided emails even way before that, they had not been an issue: Whoever did them got a clue-by-four from the network community and that’s it. SPAM started to be a problem with ‘Spamford’ Wallace.