News.admin.net-abuse.email The correct title of this article is news.admin.net-abuse.email . The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions . news.admin.net-abuse.email ( sometimes abbreviated nanae or n.a.n-a.e , and often incorrectly spelled with a hyphen in `` email '' ) is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussion of the abuse of email systems . The newsgroup is or should be the one in which discussion of the spam problem and of how to end it would be made . In practice it tends to succumb to the forces that weaken all newsgroups . Among these are strong ego on the part of regular participants and a desire to argue rather than to discuss . This is compounded by the tendency of some to oppose any discussion that shows any weakness of a favorite technique . Nonetheless some useful discussions do occur and the newsgroup frequently is a good place to learn of actual significant events relating to spam , such as ( for example ) the arrest of a known spammer or the naming of a spammer as the defendant in a lawsuit . Steve Linford , the founder of Spamhaus , sometimes posts in the newsgroup . Topics covered In its original charter the following examples of `` on-topic '' areas were listed : Mailbombing DoS attacks Listserv bombs Unsolicited email Email address list Mailing list abuse Large-scale mailings Chain letters Email viruses Pyramid schemes Filtering software Eventually , by mutual consent , it was also determined that the following were also `` on-topic '' : Cats ( on a superficial/anecdotal level ) In recent years the group has been subject to several attacks , most prominently denial-of-service attacks using hipcrime . History The group was officially proposed ( i.e its RFD posted ) by Tim Skirvin ( tskirvin ) on July 9 1996 alongside a number of other groups in order to reduce the load on the two net abuse groups at that time , news.admin.net-abuse.announce and news.admin.net-abuse.misc . Later that month it went to vote and passed 451 to 28 . In September 2002 it was proposed that a subgroup , news.admin.net-abuse.email.blocklists be created . NANAEisms Over time , some ( more or less ) NANAE-specific terms were coined : 404-compliant  A website that has been terminated by its hosting provider for terms of service violation is said to be `` 404-compliant '' , a reference to the 404 `` not found '' status code in HTTP . Bulletproof   Cartooney   Cats and Coffee warning  A Cats and Coffee warning or C & C warning is a satirical warning that a usenet posting or other writing may contain humorous material . The C & C warning originated with the usenet group news.admin.net-abuse.email , but has spread to other groups . The warning is an admonition to the reader to secure liquid beverages ( particularly hot ones ) and cats in case uncontrollable laughter breaks out upon reading the article . Chickenboner  Cut it out , Ron  Frea Speach  Spammers claim the right to distribute unsolicited bulk mail as part of their right to free speech under the United States ' Constitution . After one such person repeatedly mis-spelled it as `` free speach '' , newsgroup participants who argued that the right to free speech refers to the right to not be censored by the U.S. Goverment and nothing to do with the right to employ the services of private individuals and organizations to distribute bulk mail , took to referring to this claimed right as `` frea speach '' , deliberately mis-spelling it partly as a parody and partly to distinguish it from actual free speech rights . Joe job   LART   Listwashing   Mainsleaze  Pink contract  A contract for internet services or hosting that makes it difficult to impossible to terminate the contract for spamming . Quirk Objection  Sock   Spamhaus   Spamware   TINW  There is no We Whack-a-Mole  The act of repeatedly causing spammers ' throwaway accounts and drop boxes to be terminated . Named after the Whac-A-Mole arcade game . References ^ a   b Andrew Nellis ( 1998-09-14 ) . The Net Abuse Jargon File . ^ Frea Speach Store . The unofficial NANAE Kook Kollektion . See also news.admin.net-abuse.usenet news.admin.net-abuse.sightings news.admin.net-abuse.blocklisting alt.spam External links nanae FAQ nanae RFD nanae voting results The rules of spam ( by the Rules Keeper ) news.admin.net-abuse.email at Google Groups Categories : Newsgroups | Spamming http : //www.ncf.carleton.ca./ip/freenet/subs/complaints/spam/jargon.txt The Net Abuse Jargon File Andrew Nellis 1998-09-14 http : //www.pearlgates.net/nanae/kooks/fss/ The unofficial NANAE Kook Kollektion Frea Speach Store news.admin.net-abuse.email 