Some additional context: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/nov/25/journ...

"Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List" is an actual science paper accepted by a journal [1]

[1] https://www.vox.com/2014/11/21/7259207/scientific-paper-scam

Is it a science paper or an essay in the humanities?

Yes.

I don't think that paper should have been published as the references are considered obsolete by the IETF. RFC 2821 and 2822 is obsolete and it should reference RFC 5321 and 5322. Other than that, the paper is timely and relevant to today's research community.