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.
