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Why are unwanted emails called "Spam"?

Why didn't they name them after another Monty Python sketch like "Ethel The Frog"?

Posted - April 17, 2020
Tag : emails

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  • 14795
    Because no one wants or eats Spam....it's just transported around the world and keeps getting recycled until it's just  left dumped is some old storage facility..:( 
      April 17, 2020 10:57 AM MDT
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  • 2148
    I'll eat Spam if there's nothing else available to eat. It's better than cheese anyway.
      April 17, 2020 10:58 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    Diss Spam is expectable.....Dis chese on the othere hand is yummy...:)  
      April 17, 2020 11:08 AM MDT
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  • 2148
    Cheese is the most disgusting, puke-inducing substance ever invented.
      April 17, 2020 11:13 AM MDT
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  • 13277
      April 17, 2020 11:21 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    I agree....but why does it have to taste so yummie on Crackers......I've had it spread on me and then licked off and not one single persons complained or refused to finish their meal...:) 
      April 17, 2020 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Because it's not called roast beef. And who are "they?" This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at April 17, 2020 11:25 AM MDT
      April 17, 2020 11:22 AM MDT
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  • 2148
    "They" are obviously the people who decided that "Spam" was the right word for unwanted emails and not "roast beef". Lol :)
      April 17, 2020 11:26 AM MDT
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  • 44545
    Sh** was already taken.
      April 17, 2020 11:43 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    It's not actually referencing Monty Python or canned meat.

    The official name is Electronic Specials, Political, or Advertising Mail.
    People quickly abbreviated it to eSPAM ... then dropped the "e", and it became SPAM.


      April 17, 2020 12:01 PM MDT
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  • 2148
    Well, well. I never knew that. We learn something new every day.
      April 17, 2020 1:33 PM MDT
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  • 44545
    I didn't want to know it...it's no fun.
      April 17, 2020 2:41 PM MDT
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