mailbomb

(also mail bomb) [Usenet]

1. v. To send, or urge others to send, massive amounts of {email} to a single system or person, esp. with intent to crash or {spam} the recipient's system. Sometimes done in retaliation for a perceived serious offense. Mailbombing is itself widely regarded as a serious offense -- it can disrupt email traffic or other facilities for innocent users on the victim's system, and in extreme cases, even at upstream sites.
2. n. An automatic procedure with a similar effect.
3. n. The mail sent. Compare {letterbomb}, {nastygram}, {BLOB} (sense 2), {list-bomb}.

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