In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sent the first email using the @ symbol—but by the early 2000s, spam had become so overwhelming that experts genuinely thought email might collapse under its own weight. We dive into the bizarre arms race between spammers and engineers that saved our inboxes, featuring everything from Nigerian princes to computational poetry. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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