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Well, all of the big jumps of technology that revolve around communication at least. While im sure some pedant could find an nth degree link, I dont think the cotton gin or steam engine led to increased spam in any direct way.
>I dont think the cotton gin or steam engine led to increased spam in any direct way.

Non-sense, trains can easily haul spam and transport fraudsters around!