mail bomb

(messaging)To send, or urge others to send, massive amountsof electronic mail to a single system or person, with intentto crash or spam the recipient's system. A successful mailbomb may cause the victim's disk quota to be exhausted, thedisk holding his mailbox to fill up, or his computer to spenda large proportion of its time processing mail.

Mail-bombing is sometimes done in retaliation against someonepersistently abusing Usenet and violating netiquette.While it may inconvenience the intended victim (if they gavetheir real address), it will probably also inconvenience otherusers and administrators of the computers and networksinvolved. Mailbombing is thus a serious offense itself.

See netiquette for the correct way to respond to perceivedviolations.

Compare letterbomb, nastygram.

mail bomb

A huge number of email messages sent to one destination or an email with an extremely large attached file. Mail bombs are sent to antagonize their recipients and/or to cause them problems by filling up their disks and overloading the system. See spam and letter bomb.

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释义	mail bomb let′ter bomb` n. an envelope containing an explosive device designed to detonate when the envelope is opened. [1945–50] mail bomb An email with a very large file attached to it that is intended to interrupt the functioning of the recipient’s mail server. mail bomb mail bomb (messaging)To send, or urge others to send, massive amountsof electronic mail to a single system or person, with intentto crash or spam the recipient's system. A successful mailbomb may cause the victim's disk quota to be exhausted, thedisk holding his mailbox to fill up, or his computer to spenda large proportion of its time processing mail. Mail-bombing is sometimes done in retaliation against someonepersistently abusing Usenet and violating netiquette.While it may inconvenience the intended victim (if they gavetheir real address), it will probably also inconvenience otherusers and administrators of the computers and networksinvolved. Mailbombing is thus a serious offense itself. See netiquette for the correct way to respond to perceivedviolations. Compare letterbomb, nastygram. mail bomb A huge number of email messages sent to one destination or an email with an extremely large attached file. Mail bombs are sent to antagonize their recipients and/or to cause them problems by filling up their disks and overloading the system. See spam and letter bomb. MedicalSeespamThesaurusSeeletter bomb
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