I gave my address in that somewhat obscured form to avoid attracting Spam™. Evidently, in the early days of the Internet, idealistic people imagined that communication would change the world, eliminate poverty and injustice, etc. etc., and through a generous donation, a canned pork product was emailed to pretty much everyone. Aside from some cultural sensitivity issues, the problem was — and this was even more true back in those days — that people who can receive email are not the ones who are most afflicted by hunger. Much of the stuff sat unwanted in their in-boxes. As it has a long shelf life, the supply/demand imbalance has only become worse over time. It is important to think things through before you go putting them on the Internet!

Eventually, a British comedy group made a sketch about it, which became famous in its own right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(Monty_Python) if you want to fact-check this.