Dave the Resurrector

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Dave the Resurrector
Usage: n.
Etymology: Usenet
Derivation: Usenet; also abbreviated DtR


Dave the Resurrector: n.

[Usenet; also abbreviated DtR] A cancelbot that cancels cancels. Dave the Resurrector originated when some spam-spewers decided to try to impede spam-fighting by wholesale cancellation of anti-spam coordination messages in the news.admin.net-abuse.usenet newsgroup.

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Source: Dave the Resurrector, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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