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Certainly turned out to be significant (it created the ability for there to be junk mail, for one)

...in much the same way, presumably, that email created spam!

Nobody credits Rowland Hill with the inception of mail, just its feasibility and popularity, it was the province of the rich, in much the same way that couriers would be if you took away a door-to-door postal service now.
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