# Spam Query

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spam-query/30927>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [September 16, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spam-query/30927 "2003-09-16T11:44:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Kitiara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ab992/32.png) [@Kitiara](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kitiara)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spam-query/30927/1 "2003-09-16T11:44:02Z")

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Seriously… Why is email spam and forum spam etc called ‘spam’? I’m dead curious about this one.

Enquiring minds etc etc… 🙂