Mailbomb

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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}.