Why is spam called spam?

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The origin of SPAM

Assuming you're asking about bulk unsolicited e-mail, blogg and forum posts etc and not the pork product, here is the answer:

The history of calling inappropriate postings in great numbers 'Spam' is from a Monty Python skit (see video clip below) where a couple go into a restaurant and the wife tries to get something other than Spam. In the background are a bunch of Vikings that sing the praises of Spam. Pretty soon the only thing you can hear in the skit is the word 'Spam'. That same idea would happen to the Internet if large scale inappropriate postings were allowed. You couldn't pick the real postings out from the Spam.

Spam is useless, therefore it is called spam.

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