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THE inspiration behind the word “spam” comes from the nightmarish Monty
Python sketch in which two people try to order a meal in a café that
serves nothing but spam.

For more information than you could ever need about spam and protecting your
privacy, take a look at the junkbusters site at:
http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/links.html. It has hundreds of connections to sites that
dispense anti-spam advice and software.

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