Usenet Death Penalty

[Usenet] A sanction against sites that habitually spew Usenet {spam}. This can be either passive or active. A passive UDP refers to the dropping of all postings by a particular domain so as to inhibit propagation. An active UDP refers to third-party cancellation of all postings by the UDPed domain. A partial UDP is one which applies only to certain newsgroups or hierarchies in Usenet. Compare {Internet Death Penalty}, with which this term is sometimes confused.

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