Gary Thuerk

Gary Thuerk (1945/1946)[1] was the first person to send a spam email back in 1978 to advertise a product presentation of the new DECSYSTEM-20 mainframe computers on ARPANET for the Digital Equipment Corporation, which he was a marketing manager for. The reaction to the email was overwhelmingly negative: one user claimed it broke his computer system, and the US Defense Communications Agency called his company to complain. Thuerk claims he sold $13 to $14 million worth of mainframe computers through the campaign.[2]

References

  1. ^ Simone, Julia De. "Meet the 'Father of Spam,' a Goodyear resident". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2026-03-09.
  2. ^ "First SPAM Email".
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