<p>Spamthat scourge of the Internetturned 35 years old. And Microsoft pulled the plug on its hoary webmail service Hotmail.Spam started early</p><p>The first spam message sent on what was to become the InternetArpanetis attributed to Gary Thuerk, who on May 3, 1978 sent a message to a mailing list of 393 people promoting a new computer model from the now defunct Digital Equipment Corporation.</p><p>The practice was immediately condemned by Arpanet users, but the mailing did sell a computer or two for DEC, which only encouraged spammers, who were willing tolerate a little revulsion in exchange for sales.</p><p>That profit motive remains strong todayand for good reason. According to a 2011 study by the University of California at San Diego, a spammer can make as much as $7000 a day.</p><p><a href="http://www.techhive.com/article/2037525/spams-birthday-and-hotmails-closure-lead-email-milestones.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.daynews.com/latest-news/2013/05/microsofts-hotmail-now-fully-phased-out-but-rebranded-to-outlook-com-19931">Microsoft&#039;s Hotmail Now Fully Phased out but Rebranded to Outlook.com</a> (Day News)</p><p><a href="http://www.mobiletor.com/2013/05/04/microsoft-outlook-hotmail/">Microsoft has a new Outlook, waves Hotmail goodbye</a> (Mobiletor.com)</p><p><a href="http://www.mobilenapps.com/articles/8465/20130504/hotmail-outlook-com-upgrade-completed-deeper-skydrive-integration-smtp.htm">Hotmail to Outlook.com Upgrade Completed: Deeper SkyDrive Integration and ...</a> (Mobile &amp; Apps)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dYreF0nseQx7f5M0aIgE8gpBrI_qM&ned=us">7 additional articles.</a></p>