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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Cancelmoose[tm]</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cancelbot.html" title="cancelbot"/><link rel="next" href="candygrammar.html" title="candygrammar"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Cancelmoose[tm]</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cancelbot.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="candygrammar.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Cancelmoose"/><dt xmlns="" id="Cancelmoose"><b>Cancelmoose[tm]</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/kan<61>sel<65>moos/</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet] The archetype and model of all good
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<a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a>-fighters. Once upon a time, the 'Moose would
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send out spam-cancels and then post notice anonymously to <tt class="systemitem">news.admin.policy</tt>, <tt class="systemitem">news.admin.misc</tt>, and <tt class="systemitem">alt.current-events.net-abuse</tt>. The 'Moose
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stepped to the fore on its own initiative, at a time (mid-1994) when
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spam-cancels were irregular and disorganized, and behaved altogether
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admirably — fair, even-handed, and quick to respond to comments and
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criticism, all without self-aggrandizement or martyrdom. Cancelmoose[tm]
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quickly gained near-unanimous support from the readership of all three
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above-mentioned groups.</p><p>Nobody knows who Cancelmoose[tm] really is, and there aren't even any
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good rumors. However, the 'Moose now has an e-mail address
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(<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:moose@cm.org">moose@cm.org</a>></tt>) and a web site (<a href="http://www.cm.org/" target="_top">http://www.cm.org/</a>.) By early 1995,
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others had stepped into the spam-cancel business, and appeared to be
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comporting themselves well, after the 'Moose's manner. The 'Moose has now
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gotten out of the business, and is more interested in ending spam (and
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cancels) entirely.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cancelbot.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="candygrammar.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">cancelbot<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>candygrammar</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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