(The Spamhaus Project, www.spamhaus.org) An organization devoted to eliminating spam and tracking its worst offenders. A spamhaus is an organization that sends out spam, using the German word for house, which is "haus." See ROKSO.
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- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
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- Discussion threads 2007-10-26
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- Discussion threads 2007-05-31
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- Discussion threads 2006-04-27
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- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
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