email bombing
Mass message attack
Email bombing is flooding someone's inbox with a massive volume of messages, overwhelming their ability to use the account.
It's typically done maliciously—to harass, to bury important messages, or to distract from unauthorized activity like password resets.
Services exist that sign up victims for thousands of mailing lists simultaneously: After she complained online, someone email bombed her with ten thousand newsletters.
- spamUnsolicited bulk messages
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- inboxMessage receiving folder
- junk folderQuarantine for unwanted emails
- maliciousMeaning to do harm
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