Despammer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who fights against spam messages. Internet

    "Despammers, as they call themselves, are encouraging ISPs to block spam e-mail, to block IP connectivity from known spam sites, and to use tools such as Apache SPAM Crawler Thwarter to counter programs that spammers use […]"

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"Despammers, as they call themselves, are encouraging ISPs to block spam e-mail, to block IP connectivity from known spam sites, and to use tools such as Apache SPAM Crawler Thwarter to counter programs that spammers use […]"

Etymology

From despam + -er.

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