This week marks the 32^nd anniversary of the very first spam message – sent by Gary Thuerke on May 3, 1978 over the ARPAnet.

Then, just a few thousand people had “email accounts.” Today there are over 1.4 billion people who use email and spam comprises 80-90% of all email sent.

Here’s to a [hopefully] less successful year ahead for spam and those who send it!