reply all storm
Mass email chaos
A reply all storm is an email disaster that erupts when someone sends a message to a large distribution list and recipients begin replying to all, often to complain about receiving the email or to ask to be removed—which only generates more messages to everyone.
The cascade can produce hundreds or thousands of emails in minutes: The company-wide announcement triggered a reply all storm that crashed the mail server.
Also called reply-allpocalypse or reply all apocalypse.
- mass emailMessage to many simultaneously
- threadFiber for stitching
- unsubscribeWithdraw from mailings
- out of officeTemporarily unreachable at work
- email etiquetteRules for electronic correspondence
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Confidential digital note
direct message · whisper · DM · personal correspondence · BCC
reply all stormradio silence
Absence of broadcast communication
inbox zero · communication blackout · communication protocol · crickets
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