http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-804011,00.html
I was there watching the beginning...
Here's some trivia:
What was the first internet spam message about?
What was considered to be the first spammer domain? (People could log onto this Usenet anonymous posting site, and use it to send out spam.) What derisive nickname did it acquire thereby?
(Hmm, I feel old...)