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antijunk

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English

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ junk.

Adjective

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antijunk (comparative more antijunk, superlative most antijunk)

  1. Opposing junk mail.
    • 1988, Newsweek, volume 112, page 54:
      So many businesses are upset about the trend that a number of "fax directories" have taken an antijunk stand. [] As the unsolicited documents pile up, they are bound to inspire a new line of antijunk technology.
    • 2003, “IT Professional's Guide to E-mail Administration”, in TechRepublic:
      Although antijunk e-mail legislation has been proposed in the United States, the efforts would not address junk e-mail originating from e-mail systems located outside the United States or the misuse of open SMTP relays.