despammer

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

Etymology

From despam +‎ -er.

Noun

despammer (plural despammers)

  1. (Internet) A person who fights against spam messages.
    • 1998, PC Mag (volume 17, number 11, page 29)
      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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