Spamcancel policy


Currently I only cancel on two criteria: EMP with SBI > 10 (this page), which is standard for the nl.* hierarchy and ECP with HI > 30. I only issue cancels for articles posted or crossposted to the nl.* hierarchy.

The SBI is calculated as follows:

N   = Number of newsgroups an article is crossposted to
F   = number of newsgroups in the followup-to header
SBI = (N + sqrt(F)) / 2

All SBI's from substantively identical messages are added. When the SBI exceeds 10 the messages are cancelable.

Spamreports are posted to the newsgroup nl.internet.misbruik.rapport.

When responding to a specific cancel, please always refer to my internal cancel-id (preferably put it in the subject of the mail). This makes processing easier.

When you're a newsadmin and you wish not to receive cancels from me, you may filter on the `hensemabot' pseudosite. All cancels issued by me will have this pseudosite in the Path-header.

You can reach me at cancelbot@hensema.net. For non-cancel related issues use erik@hensema.net.

PGP Public keys: cancelbot, Erik.


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