cancelbot /kan'sel-bot/
[Usenet: compound, cancel +
robot] 1. Mythically, a robocanceller 2. In reality, most
cancelbots are manually operated by being fed lists of spam message
IDs.
[Usenet: compound, cancel +
robot] 1. Mythically, a robocanceller 2. In reality, most
cancelbots are manually operated by being fed lists of spam message
IDs.
Related:
- ARMM n.
[acronym, `Automated Retroactive Minimal
Moderation'] A Usenet cancelbot created by Dick Depew of Munroe Falls,
Ohio. ARMM was intended to automatically cancel posts... - robocanceller /roh-boh-kan'sel-*r/
A program that
monitors Usenet feeds,
attempting to detect and elimnate spam by sending... - robot n.
See bot... - distribution n.
1. A software source tree packaged for
distribution;
but see kit. Since about 1996 unqualified use of... - distribution: n. 1. A software source tree packaged for
distribution;
but see {kit}. 2. A vague term encompassing mailing... - address harvester n.
A robot that searches web pages
and/or filters netnews traffic looking for valid email addresses.
Some address harvesters are benign, used only for compiling... - jello n.
[Usenet: by analogy with spam] A message
that is both excessively cross-posted and too frequently posted,
as opposed to spam (which is merely too frequently... - velveeta n.
[Usenet: by analogy with spam] Also
knows as ECP;
a message that is excessively cross-posted, as opposed... - Manually operated analog scribing device
(description of...
