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Spam hits 30

George South | 13:10 UK time, Sunday, 4 May 2008

Here's a longer version of Saturday's interview with Richard Jones, who has collected every piece of spam to hit his inbox since 1997. The first part of his archive (1997-2003) is published online here.

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The first spam email, now 30 years old, can be read here.

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