Ancient Web: Brad Templeton saved the 1978 DEC spam—and the

The mass mailing’s hand-entered ARPANET addresses and overflowing mail fields are only half the record. Templeton also preserved user reactions and context, showing that network etiquette was already being argued over in 1978. The famous message is a timeline bullet; the replies explain what people thought they were witnessing.

Original archive: https://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html

Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-brad-templeton-preserved-the-1978-dec-spam-and-the-replies-it-triggered/

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