Where did the use of the word spam for unwanted email come from?

The term "spam" for unwanted email is derived from a Monty Python sketch in which the Word "spam" is repeatedly mentioned in a restaurant menu, overwhelming the conversation. This comedic repetition mirrored the overabundance of unsolicited emails flooding users' inboxes, leading to the adoption of the term in the early days of the internet. The use of "spam" in this context became popular in the 1990s as a way to describe the intrusive nature of such emails.