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[ih] "Father of e-Marketing"
- Subject: [ih] "Father of e-Marketing"
- From: bill.n1vux at gmail.com (Bill Ricker)
- Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 15:32:51 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <CAM9VJk3Z6b0-oYAKWXgPuabWqZ-2jXekmps7i1Ebi6C=mrn13w@mail.gmail.com> <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 7:30 AM John Levine <johnl at iecc.com> replied to Joly
McFie mrn13w at mail.gmail.com> :
> >I had thought SPAM was an acronym for Send Promo to All Mail or something
> >similar. Am I mistaken?
>
> You are mistaken. It was definitely an allusion to the Monty Python skit.
>
It is however a delightful retronym to explain Spam as SPAM to a PHB that
wouldn't appreciate reality, so thank you Joly for sharing that !
--
Bill Ricker
bill.n1vux at gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux
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