Why is unsolicited E-mail called "spam"?

[Yoni]

I just found out about this today.

http://www.spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm

Use of the term "spam" was adopted as a result of the Monty Python skit in which our SPAM meat product was featured. In this skit, a group of Vikings sang a chorus of "spam, spam, spam . . . " in an increasing crescendo, drowning out other conversation. Hence, the analogy applied because UCE was drowning out normal discourse on the Internet.

I have, of course, seen this sketch, but didn't know the Internet slang term emerged from it. Amazing.

[MrRaza]

You have no life.

[iago]

I noticed on cans of SPAM it says, "produced only in United States"

[MrRaza]

It's a good thing I'm from Canada

[Newby]

I noticed on cans of SPAM it says, "produced only in United States"

But on cans of CRAP it says "produced massively in canada only"

SPAM > CRAP

[Banana fanna fo fanna]

Canada sux

[UserLoser.]

Canada sux

Canada does suck