Mailbomb

Mailbomb

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This is to flood a single email address with a high volume of mail. Used to retaliate against an individual or organization that has bothered the sender(s) in some way. Please note that the practice violates all ISP user agreements and wastes bandwidth and resources. Its effects go far beyond the annoyance to the addressee.

One way to protect yourself against a mail bomb is to save your ISP's email address for private use, giving it to trusted friends and family only.