<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 7:30 AM John Levine <<a href="mailto:johnl@iecc.com">johnl@iecc.com</a>> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">replied to Joly McFie </span><a href="mailto:mrn13w@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">mrn13w@mail.gmail.com</a>> :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
>I had thought SPAM was an acronym for Send Promo to All Mail or something<br>
>similar. Am I mistaken?<br>
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You are mistaken. It was definitely an allusion to the Monty Python skit.<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">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 ! <br></div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bill Ricker<br><a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux</a> <br></div></div></div></div>