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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>mailbomb</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="mail-storm.html" title="mail storm"/><link rel="next" href="mailing-list.html" title="mailing list"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">mailbomb</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mail-storm.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mailing-list.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="mailbomb"/><dt xmlns="" id="mailbomb"><b>mailbomb</b></dt></dt><dd><p> (also <span class="firstterm">mail bomb</span>) [Usenet] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">v.</span> To send, or urge others to
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send, massive amounts of <a href="../E/email.html"><i class="glossterm">email</i></a> to a single system or
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person, esp. with intent to crash or <a href="../S/spam.html"><i class="glossterm">spam</i></a> the
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recipient's system. Sometimes done in retaliation for a perceived serious
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offense. Mailbombing is itself widely regarded as a serious offense
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— it can disrupt email traffic or other facilities for innocent users
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on the victim's system, and in extreme cases, even at upstream sites.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">n.</span> An automatic procedure
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with a similar effect. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">n.</span> The mail sent. Compare
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<a href="../L/letterbomb.html"><i class="glossterm">letterbomb</i></a>, <a href="../N/nastygram.html"><i class="glossterm">nastygram</i></a>,
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<a href="../B/BLOB.html"><i class="glossterm">BLOB</i></a> (sense 2),
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<a href="../L/list-bomb.html"><i class="glossterm">list-bomb</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="mail-storm.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="mailing-list.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">mail storm </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> mailing list</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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