Internet Death Penalty

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Internet Death Penalty
Etymology: Usenet
Derivation: Usenet


Internet Death Penalty:

[Usenet] (often abbreviated IDP) The ultimate sanction against spam-emitting sites -- complete shunning at the router level of all mail and packets, as well as Usenet messages, from the offending domain(s). Compare Usenet Death Penalty, with which it is sometimes confused.

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Source: Internet Death Penalty, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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