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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.
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 from anonymous-posting sites....
obocanceller /roh-boh-kan'sel-*r/ A program that monitors Usenet feeds, attempting to detect and elimnate spam by sending appropriate cancel messages .
Robocancellers may use the Breidbart Index as a trigger....
obot n. See bot.
distribution n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
but see kit. Since about 1996 unqualified use of this term often implies `Linux distribution'....
distribution: n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
but see {kit}. 2. A vague term encompassing mailing lists and USENET newsgroups (but not {BBS} {fora})...
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 address directories....
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 posted) or velveeta (which is merely excessively cross-posted)....
velveeta n. [Usenet: by analogy with spam] Also knows as ECP
a message that is excessively cross-posted, as opposed to spam which is too frequently posted....
Manually operated analog scribing device (description of chalk)