Dave the Resurrector

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Dave the Resurrector was a so-called "resurrector bot" that responded to any attempts at canceling a message on the usenet newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse by re-posting the message.[1][2] It was written by Chris Lewis.[2]

The bot is notable as one of the first escalations in the spam arms race.

See also

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  • Cancelbot, a process that sends out cancel messages

Notes

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References

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