The first unsolicited bulk commercial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Email">email</a> (which would later become known as "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spam (electronic)">spam</a>") is sent by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">Digital Equipment Corporation</a> marketing representative to every <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ARPANET">ARPANET</a> address on the west coast of the United States.