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Shouldn't there be a mention of the egregious Phoenix lawyers (husband and wife), who were the first imbeciles to send out spam -- I'm pretty sure that this is well-documented.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 12:26, 20 April 2008 (CDT)
Shouldn't there be a mention of the egregious Phoenix lawyers (husband and wife), who were the first imbeciles to send out spam -- I'm pretty sure that this is well-documented.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 12:26, 20 April 2008 (CDT)
: You mean Canter & Siegel, right? One thing to remember is that they were the first ''commercial'' spam on Usenet; there had been other spam before. [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 13:03, 20 April 2008 (CDT)

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Shouldn't there be a mention of the egregious Phoenix lawyers (husband and wife), who were the first imbeciles to send out spam -- I'm pretty sure that this is well-documented.... Hayford Peirce 12:26, 20 April 2008 (CDT)

You mean Canter & Siegel, right? One thing to remember is that they were the first commercial spam on Usenet; there had been other spam before. J. Noel Chiappa 13:03, 20 April 2008 (CDT)