Klarinet Archive - Posting 000174.txt from 1995/09

From: Tom Ascher <U15310@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: SPAM - HOW TO RESPOND
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 21:28:42 -0400

For greater edification of klarinet members who may not be familiar with
the derivation of "spam" as it applies to inappropriate notes sent over
the net, I suspect it comes from the product "spam" which is a kind of meat
product sold in tin cans. The "meat" product is a conglomerate of
various substances some of which are actually meat, some of which are not.
I suspect the term "spam" or "spamming" refers to the inclusion of objects
in a conglomerate that are something other than what one expects, and which
probably would be rejected if/when properly identified.